Theorizing Modernities Archives | Contending Modernities

Introduction to Symposium on Pastoral Power, Clerical State

Series: Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State

Joshua S. Lupo
September 21, 2023

What this symposium encourage us to reflect on is how authority is maintained, challenged, and revoked in the modern world, and especially in postcolonial settings.

Toward a New Discourse on Middle Eastern Christianity

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Mitri Raheb
September 20, 2023September 20, 2023

There is genuine concern among many Christians in the Middle East that “Freedom of Religious Belief” will be weaponized as a platform for populism, religious nationalism, and colonial interventions.

Metanoia, Hope, and Narrating the Stories of Middle Eastern Christians

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Mourad Takawi
September 14, 2023September 14, 2023

Not only does this book present a much-needed decolonial interruption, but it also affirms the necessity of repentance and reconciliation in ensuring a peaceful and just future.

Mitri Raheb and the Legacy of the West in the Middle East

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Gary Burge
September 7, 2023

Western powers and in particular, the U.S., have been instrumental in breaking up the most ancient Christian community in the Middle Eastern world.

Black Dignity as a Universal Horizon

Series: Symposium on Black Dignity

Nadia Fadil
August 31, 2023

The political vocabularies and tactics generated through the African American struggle has had a universal reach that has inspired and shaped struggles all over the world.

“Religious Freedoms,” Apocalyptic Thinking, and Political Violence

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Atalia Omer
August 30, 2023

Palestinian Christians are under attack, but they are targeted not because of their Christianity, but rather because of their Palestinian identity.

Introduction to Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Joshua S. Lupo
August 24, 2023September 20, 2023

Raheb’s book puts forward a deep historical engagement that locates the plight of Middle Eastern Christians in a longer arc of colonial history and the history of empires.

Middle Eastern Christians and Persecution Politics in Transnational Perspective

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Candace Lukasik
August 24, 2023August 28, 2023

Minoritization shows its plasticity as it is translated across borders and through empire, sustained by the very contradictions that seemingly undo it.

Theology and the Environmental Humanities

Series: Theories of Land

Evan Berry
August 17, 2023

The concepts that ground contemporary scholarly conversations about the cultural roots of the climate crisis are saturated with theological questions.

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