Raging Fire of Love; Kelly James Clark

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Kelly James Clark is the author of Raging Fire of Love. He is an American philosopher noted for his work in the philosophy of religion, science, and the cognitive science of religion. Kelly James Clark, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame), is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul. Kelly has held previous positions at Grand Valley State University, Calvin University, and Gordon College and visiting appointments at Oxford University, the University of St. Andrews, Peking University, and the University of Notre Dame. He is the author, editor, or co-author of more than thirty books including Raging Fire of Love: What I’ve Learned from Jesus, the Jews, and the Prophet, Strangers, Neighbors, Friends: Muslim-Christian-Jewish Reflections on Compassion and Peace. He writes broadly and speaks widely on compassion, tolerance, and peace.

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• Website: www.kellyjamesclark.wixsite.com/kellyjamesclark
• Book: Raging Fire of Love: what I've learned from Jesus, the Jews, and the Prophet by Kelly James Clark

Most Influential Person

• My Muslim friend Enis Oko

Effect On Emotions

• My mindfulness practices have transformed my thoughts in my heart mind. That includes thoughts and emotions. This is the raging fire of love thing. I think we need to cultivate love for people who are different from us.
• That means moving our emotions in a favorable way towards people who are different. And it means giving up our fear and learning to overcome our fear with love.

Thoughts On Breathing

• I do not have any thoughts to share on breathing. I am too ADD. I have tried it. I know it's good for me, and I do it for a while, but then I'm off into something else.

Bullying Story

• One of my first good friends in the Islamic community is a well-known philosopher who is on television a lot. In Turkey, religion gets on television a lot. It's involved in a lot of conversations that they have. Sometimes it's just religion, or sometimes it's on other topics, and they want a religious perspective on it. He has become a major media figure and has millions of followers.
• I thought it was opportune for me to become acquainted with him as I was trying to build bridges between Muslims, Christians, and Jews.
• Then I went to a conference one time. I flew a long way to get there to give a talk. He didn't come to my talk. He had given a talk the previous day and got mad at some people. He came at the end, and he gave a speech at the end that had nothing to do with my talk. He just denounced all the people he was mad at from the day before.
• I turned to my best Muslim friend there and asked what he was doing. He said he was getting back at people from the day before then. I just looked around, and there were hundreds of people there. I was probably the only non-Muslim, the only non-Turk. There were hundreds of people there. I could see people rolling their eyes. I talked to a few more people, and I just figured out, because there were other clues, that he was a bully.

Suggested Resources

• Book: Raging Fire of Love: what I've learned from Jesus, the Jews, and the Prophet by Kelly James Clark
• Book: Strangers, Neighbors, Friends: Muslim-Christian-Jewish Reflections on Compassion and Peace by Kelly James Clark
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