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Other Jerusalem Realities: The “City of Prayer” in Palestinian Nationalist Imaginaries

Loren Lybarger
December 23, 2017January 3, 2018

Jerusalem features in diverging Palestinian discourses of territorial inclusivity versus religiously-based exclusion in the context of Israel’s military, settler, and structural violence.

Palm Sunday procession with Palestinian flags

Evangelicals and Jerusalem

Series: Jerusalem

Melani McAlister
December 21, 2017December 21, 2017

Trump and Pence may think they crafted a heartwarming Jerusalem photo op for US evangelicals, but a closer look reveals division and demographic shifts.

The Names of God: Pluralism’s Civic and Theological Frameworks

Series: Beyond Coexistence

Albertus Bagus Laksana
December 8, 2017January 24, 2024

In the current religio-political life in Indonesia, the naming of God as Merciful becomes a public discourse geared toward a theology of inclusivity.

The Social Fabric of Jerusalem: Memories in the Wake of Christian Exodus

Stephanie Saldaña
September 21, 2017April 17, 2018

When a plant or animal disappears, we expect the entire ecosystem to be impacted. We often forget that human communities form the same deep relationships.

CRS’s Inter-Religious Peacebuilding Programming: Reflections on Authority, Community, and Identity

Series: CRS Inter-Religious Action

Nell Bolton
November 30, 2016February 23, 2017

Nell Bolton of Catholic Relief Services offers analysis on how inter-religious action (IRA) intersects with some of the questions animating Contending Modernities, particularly those related to authority, community, and identity.

Is Christianity Bad for Women?

Dania Straughan
November 2, 2016January 27, 2024

The short answer, according to the panel, is no. But the conversation left many stones unturned.

Los Angeles: A Microcosm for National Conversations on Religion, Public Life and Deep Diversity

Ahmet Tekelioglu
January 6, 2016January 6, 2023

The city of Los Angeles—a diverse, cosmopolitan, dynamically changing landscape—provides unique insights into how American Muslim and Catholic communities are engaging with the new plurality at different stages of their respective historical evolutions in the ever-changing American religious and legal-ethical landscape. Read the full article »

The New Western Plurality and Citizen Co-Existence

Robert Hefner
December 19, 2015March 2, 2023

Over the past generation the unprecedented expansion of migration to Western countries has coincided with the global revitalization of religion. These two developments have raised deep questions about received values and practices of pluralist co-existence in Western societies—questions that are likely to remain at the heart of political and social debate in Western societies for some years to come. Read the full article »

Opening a Conversation with Abdulaziz Sachedina

Damian Howard
October 31, 2013August 12, 2019

Sachedina’s work generates a number of questions, and suggests possibilities for deeper dialogue and engagement between Muslims and Christians on moral matters.

The Case of the “Two-Minus-One” Pregnancy

Charles Camosy
September 19, 2013August 12, 2019

In post-Enlightenment secular bioethics, the default value has become the autonomy and choice of the individual. But Christian and Muslims traditions are, of course, skeptical of this shift. Unless we critically examine the social context and structures which shape and even coerce our “autonomous” and “free” choice, we cannot hope to adequately engage bioethical issues. Read the full article »

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