Juan Tolentino
Letter to the Editor – September 3, 2013
Peak Web September 2, 2013Dear editor, I’d like to thank Leah Bjornson for her article “Religious traditions should be adapted globally”, because of how forthrightly it sets out the challenge of religious tradition in the face of modern society. However, I believe she approaches the problem backwards by taking modernity as the normative standard. The whole point of religious tradition is to oblige us to a certain way of life which may or may not be completely compatible with modern, “global” lifestyles. There certainly is room for adaptation and reinterpretation, but the danger behind such calls is that by adaptation, a tradition risks losing…
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Letter to the Editor – July 22, 2013
Peak Web July 22, 2013Dear Editor, The eloquent article written by Mohamed Sheriffdeen titled “The terrors of immigration” advocates for a universalism that is, I am afraid, incongruent with the natural mode of human life. It’s true we all ought to share in a…
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We all need traditional marriage
EIC April 7, 2013Before questions of morality, we should consider the family unit By Juan Tolentino Reading Mohamed Sheriffdeen’s article “Moral arguments against same sex marriage don’t have legs to stand on”, I cannot help but wonder if the whole controversy over same-sex…
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