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Toward a New Discourse on Middle Eastern Christianity

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Mitri Raheb
September 20, 2023January 27, 2024

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, 2023January 24, 2024

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, 2023February 1, 2024

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, 2023December 14, 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, 2023January 27, 2024

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, 2023January 25, 2024

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

Religious Multiplicity in the Environmental Humanities Classroom: A Letter to My Students

Series: Theories of Land

Amanda Baugh
August 10, 2023January 25, 2024

A major goal of this class is to help us identify and challenge the unmarked assumptions that have led to such limited notions of who can be an environmentalist and what can count as environmentalism.

Resilience: Ecology and Morality on Climate-Vulnerable Coasts

Series: Theories of Land

Hillary Kaell and Phillip Campanile
August 8, 2023

Although more studies of religion are reproducing resilience as an empirical category, there is little debate about what it means and how it is being used.

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