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Healing Arts. The Kripalu yoga center's main red-brick building, originally a Jesuit seminary built in the '50s, may not be gorgeous, but its setting overlooking Stockbridge Bowl is one of the best views of the Berkshires. Kripalu (57 Interlaken Road, Stockbridge, MA; 800-741-7353) offers renowned yoga and meditation classes, as well as kayaking, cycling and guided meditation walks. Healthy meals are included in your stay, but if you prefer to venture into nearby Lenox, check out the sushi at Fin (27 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA; 413-637-9171), whose Japanese fare is as good or better...
...rise to the papacy, Benedict XVI continued the tradition with a closed-door encounter in the Vatican's breezy summer residence, Castel Gandolfo. The topic chosen that first year with him as Pope was Islam, and the keynote speaker was Father Samir Khalil Samir, a soft-spoken, Cairo-born Jesuit and an expert on Muslim history and theology...
...book has just been released by Ignatius Press (the longtime U.S. publisher of Ratzinger's work) that lays out in fine detail the Jesuit's vision of Islam's ancient tenets and current tendencies. Called 111 Questions on Islam, it is the translation of a book-length interview two Italian journalists conducted with Samir in 2002 in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The priest says that in reviewing the material before the English-language release, he was struck by how little there was to update. "The major points that I laid out are the same today, after more than...
Father Dan Madigan, another Jesuit expert on Islam, doesn't deny that it's easier to justify a choice for violence with the Koran than with the Christian Gospel. But Madigan says attempts by Catholics to "claim the moral high ground" fall flat. "The idea that [Christians] can dismiss Muslims as inherently more violent doesn't stand up to historical scrutiny, whatever the justifications we might have given for our wars and our massacres." Even more to the point, says Madigan, a Georgetown University professor of theology with a Ph.D. in Islamic religion, it is counterproductive for Christian leaders...
Though Samir's words cannot be put into Benedict's mouth, it is widely acknowledged that the Jesuit scholar continues to enjoy great favor in the Pope's inner circle, which includes Monsignor Khaled Akasheh, head of the Muslim section of the Vatican's Council for Interreligious Dialogue, who is considered an intellectual ally of Samir. "It is not that he is inspired by me," Samir says of the Pope. "We just have the same line of thinking on this subject. Without being a specialist of Islam, His Holiness has a vast culture and knowledge in human and world religious...