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Senghor, Literary Priest: Adriaan Van Klinken interviews David Ngnong

Series: CM Conversations
David Tonghou Ngong and Adriaan van Klinken
October 6, 2026

Rather than romanticizing African suffering, Senghor’s Eucharist seeks to bring it to the fore so that it may be attenuated

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Literature, Politics, and Theology in Nigeria: David Ngong Interviews Adriaan van Klinken

Series: CM Conversations
Adriaan van Klinken and David Tonghou Ngong
October 1, 2026

My book seeks to explore how Nigerian literary texts help us to understand Nigerian Christianity—offering creative representations of it, but also critical commentaries on the socio-political impact of Christian beliefs and practices.

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The Limits of Anti-Zionist Narratives during a Time of Genocide

Atalia Omer
September 22, 2026September 25, 2026

Moser’s archeological dig into Jewish pasts redirects attention away from Jewish accountability to Palestinians.

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The Sacred Work of Secular Institutions

Charles Lincoln
September 14, 2026

The modern state did not become secular by becoming symbolically empty.

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The Ghost that Haunts Global Politics

Erin Wilson
August 31, 2026September 28, 2026

Religion is the ghost that haunts global politics in both our theoretical musings and in our policy and practice.

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The History of Secular Violence: An Interview with Thomas Albert Howard

Series: CM Conversations
Thomas Albert Howard and Joshua S. Lupo
August 12, 2026

The modern era has witnessed not only religiously inspired violence but also large-scale violence carried out in the name of secularist ideologies and projects.

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Theopolitical Entanglements: Tisa Wenger Interviews Candace Lukasik on Martyrs and Migrants

Series: CM Conversations
Candace Lukasik and Tisa Wenger
July 28, 2026August 11, 2026

US racial formations produce a situation in which Copts are pulled simultaneously into Christian kinship and held at racial distance.

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Imperial Hauntings: Candace Lukasik Interviews Tisa Wenger on Spirits of Empire

Series: CM Conversations
Tisa Wenger and Candace Lukasik
July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

Settler secularism aims to control religion and limit the spirits to their designated domain. But they can never entirely be contained.

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Doing Theology After Gaza: Daniel Bannoura Interviews Mitri Raheb and Graham McGeoch

Dania Straughan
July 17, 2026

In decentering power from Western states and European modern frameworks, Theology after Gaza creates new alliances as people with similar struggles cohere around Gaza and Palestine.

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Narrating the History of the American Anti-Zionist Jewish Left (Part 2)

Series: CM Conversations
Francesca Freeman and Benjamin Balthaser
July 1, 2026

The old oppositions between “secular” and “religious” Jewish life are breaking apart, at least on the left, and perhaps, were never really what we imagined them to be to begin with.

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