Exploring how religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.
This essay draws upon van Klinken’s book as a launching pad to think through decolonizing queer studies more broadly.
Read More →
Ethno-religious nationalism—and the distinctive logic and dynamics of zombie nationalism—forms the connective tissue between much White evangelicalism and QAnon conspiracy ideology.
Read More →
The Trump-infused ethno-religious nationalism of White evangelicals is but the most recent upsurge of a political and cultural current that is traceable back at least sixty years, and indeed, much further.
Read More →
I do not want to throw out the akhlaq texts because I think they do help us think about what it means to live a good life. I just think that we may be better off taking their questions as important ones to be answered, without adopting their answers.
Read More →
The understanding of humans as interconnected in their striving towards ethical excellence carries tremendous potential as a foundational story for the narratives that Muslim feminists construct about human flourishing.
Read More →
What can akhlaq tell us about how to live as decent and ethical (human) beings in a world in which we now have ample evidence of animal rationality?
Read More →
Everything is in flux, constantly changing and reforming. The discipline of the self is never complete, just as group formation is a continual work in progress.
Read More →
What the ethicists offer us is, in part, the reminder that ethical self-cultivation is the bedrock of a moral society. What Ayubi offers us is the assurance that a democratization of that ethical project is possible and desirable.
Read More →
Ayubi’s book is an example of rich feminist-critical and philosophical ethics.
Read More →
If the ideal, elite, ethical man is defined in terms of his ability to suppress others, then the redistribution of power, no matter who will now benefit from it, cannot be the solution.
Read More →