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Articles written by Kirsten Hanlon

Freedom: An Intercultural Definition

Series: Madrasa Discourses Peace Lab
Kirsten Hanlon
March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

Imagine you’re a young Christian woman from the United States. A veiled Pakistani woman tells you that she has more freedom than you. How would you react?

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Identity and Truth as Tools for Peacebuilding

Series: Kathmandu 2017
Kirsten Hanlon
September 13, 2017September 14, 2017

As my peers in India and Pakistan are working towards updating their tradition, I will do the same in my faith community.

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