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The Many Faces of Lament

Cecelia Lynch
August 3, 2017August 4, 2017

How do Christians who have experienced the indescribable love of God in their suffering, and from it draw out unfathomable hope, relate to those who also practice lament and seek hope, but are not Christian?

The Visceral Politics of Lament: A CM Symposium on “Born from Lament”

Series: Born from Lament

Kyle Lambelet
August 1, 2017October 4, 2018

In his new book Born from Lament: The Theology and Politics of Hope in Africa, Emmanuel Katongole explores a constellation of manifestations of politics in a visceral register by analyzing the theology and politics of lament in East Africa.

Nourishing Hospitality: Jolyon Mitchell Interviews Mona Siddiqui

Series: Hospitality and Faith

Jolyon Mitchell and Mona Siddiqui
May 26, 2017August 2, 2017

Generosity wasn’t just the act of giving; it’s the most noble thing that you could do. Because in the harsh desert environment, if you weren’t generous to your guests or to the stranger, the stranger would die.

Hospitality and Empire

Series: Hospitality and Faith

Perin Gürel
May 26, 2017October 4, 2018

Except this time, within this new, muscular, postcolonial hospitality, the erstwhile settler gets to play gracious host.

Expanding the Conversation on Hospitality in Islam

Series: Hospitality and Faith

Martin Nguyen
May 26, 2017September 13, 2017

The interview “Nourishing Hospitality,” conducted by Jolyon Mitchell with author and scholar Mona Siddiqui, is not only a useful introduction…

Action as Prayer: Lessons from Oceti Sakowin

Series: Prayer and Action

Jonathan Brenneman
April 3, 2017

The prayer practices at Oceti Sakowin camp offered a holistic and positive relationship between prayer and action, a relationship not often found between prayer and action within Christianity.

Prayer, Peace, and the Imagination: A Catholic Sacramental Perspective

Series: Prayer and Action

Caesar Montevecchio
March 30, 2017March 30, 2017

Ritual and sacrament can serve as powerful vehicles for social transformation.

“To Be Absolutely Fair and Impartial”: Religious Instruction and Near East Relief’s Turn to Development

Series: Prayer and Action

Francis Bonenfant-Juwong
March 23, 2017January 24, 2024

The Near East Relief transition to a “non-sectarian” missionary organization in the 1920s was largely a pragmatic adjustment that enabled continued provision of spiritual support. To be non-sectarian, therefore, cannot be conflated with being secular.

Is Prayer Proselytism? Examining the Ethics of Religious Practices in Transnational Faith-Based Organizations

Series: Prayer and Action

Tanya Schwarz
March 20, 2017May 23, 2017

What constitutes proselytism (or “evangelism”) is contested and debated within and among faith-based organizations. For some, merely living as a “Christian” can constitute “witness” or “lifestyle evangelism.”

Brand Islam: Response to Reviewers

Series: Brand Islam

Faegheh Shirazi
March 15, 2017March 15, 2017

Designer clothing brands that cater to Muslim consumers in the Middle East have mushroomed, in spite of the fact that some of this clothing is manufactured in Muslim-unfriendly countries.

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