across  time, civilizations, geographies, and the academic disciplines of social and physical “sciences. My” attempt is to integrate across these siloes  and share  actionable insights, which have been validated through science and lived experiences. I stumbled on a simple but powerful insight  that we can truly flourish simply by engaging in our three deepest human longings – Loving, Learning, and Playing in everything that we do.

-to spread religious literacy

 In a world fractured by disagreement and defined by difference, we are constantly reminded of the things that tear us apart. Nowhere is this division more stark than in the study and practice of religion.

For too long, the dominant approach—in the classroom and in the cathedral—has been to present each major faith as a separate, distinct island. We focus endlessly on particularities, on the unique doctrines, and on the specific rituals that set one tradition apart from the others. This siloed approach has become the rule, and the inevitable result is an exclusivist mindset that fuels ignorance, suspicion, and, tragically, conflict.

I took classes on all religions at Harvard and wrote my first book “Bridges Across Humanity”  I deliberately  broke from the divisive norm. This book is an invitation to shift our gaze from the superficial differences to the profound, shared foundations of faith. Instead of presenting separate histories, this book takes one universal human theme at a time—from the meaning of compassion to the nature of the divine—and shows how that theme is reflected, in diverse but recognizable forms, in all religious traditions.

With religiously motivated conflicts and violence still so prevalent, the author’s hope is that this book will be a vital first step toward reconnecting humanity through the restorative, unifying potential of religion itself.