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Can We Mediate between the Historical and the Rational? Reflections on al-Juwaynī’s Epistemology and Politics

Series: Law and Politics under the Abbasids

Mohammad H. Fadel
May 6, 2021July 26, 2021

Integrating quotidian practices into natural human reason seems to me to be the only way to provide them a secure foundation in modernity, when even deeply embodied customs cannot provide stability.

A Spurned Bride? Religion and Religious Community in the Absence of a Caliph

Series: Law and Politics under the Abbasids

Omar Anchassi
May 4, 2021

That the Caliph’s writ could hardly be said to extend beyond his palace walls mattered less than the fact that the institution itself was the source of tremendous symbolic power.

The Future of Islamic Authority: New Recipes for Milk Shaykhs

Mahan Mirza
October 11, 2019October 14, 2019

Things are most interesting, however, at edges, intersections, and boundaries. That is where complexity resides, and that is where the kind of enduring authority that will command the middle can best plant its flag.

Layering Patterns of Authority

Dairou Bouba, Tatiana Fouda, Cecelia Lynch and Nadine Machikou
November 27, 2018December 17, 2018

Any discussion of patterns and practices of authority within communities in Cameroon must take into account the relations of authority, intended or unintended, between these communities and outside actors, especially with the state, the humanitarian world of nongovernmental organizations, and with members of our research team.

On the Theologico-Theatrical: Explaining the Convergence of Pentecostalism and Popular Culture in Nigeria

Ebenezer Obadare
July 10, 2018July 10, 2018

Assurances of salvation may no longer be enough for Nigerian Pentecostalism, where the propulsive energy of Fuji music and commercial imperatives contribute to entangling religion and entertainment.

Beyond Coexistence: Pluralism in Indonesia

Series: Beyond Coexistence

Dania Straughan
October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

What is the role of religion in public life? The debate is tearing through the Indonesian political and social fabric.

Religious Women Constructing Modernity in Cameroon

Cecelia Lynch and Tatiana Fouda
July 21, 2017

How do religious women in Cameroon navigate their faith vis-à-vis their communities and religious hierarchies?

Empowering Democratic Policy-Making: The Indonesian Women’s Coalition

Series: Women in Indonesia

Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta
June 8, 2017July 9, 2017

Aisha, the wife of the prophet, protected and physically made space for transgender persons to pray behind her. As such, LGBT groups are assured protection.

Land and Authority in Postcolonial Cameroon

Elias Bongmba
May 8, 2017May 8, 2017

This is a conflict of authority in a postcolonial state, involving state, traditional, and religious leadership, and as such evokes the transformations that African countries have undergone in the imperial and post imperial age.

Introducing Who Are My People? An Interview with Emmanuel Katongole

Emmanuel Katongole and Kyle Lambelet
April 13, 2017June 26, 2018

CM Research Associate Kyle Lambelet sat down with ACI Africa working group leader Emmanuel Katongole to talk about his CM and Luce funded research project “Who Are My People?”: Christianity, Violence and Belonging in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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