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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.

Inter-Religious Literacy Among Young People in Indonesia: Contrasting Locales

Series: Adams Zemmrich

Nicholas Adams and Eckhard Zemmrich
March 27, 2017April 12, 2017

Familiar European systems of classification (involving ‘exclusivism’, ‘inclusivism’ and ‘pluralism’ for example) fail to do justice to the descriptions of inter-religious engagement given by Indonesian colleagues.

“Material Fatwas” and the Politics of Recognition

Series: Brand Islam

Vincent Miller
March 10, 2017March 10, 2017

Even when driven only by profits, corporate producers of consumer goods inevitably deploy the cultural power of their brands to offer recognition to minority consumers.

Faith, Ethnicity, and Illiberal Citizenship: Authority, Identity, and Religious “Others” in Aceh’s Border Areas

Series: Non-Muslims in Aceh

Moch Nur Ichwan
February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

Although non-Muslims are a small minority in Aceh, they are citizens too, and should have equal rights.

Living Under Islamic Authority: Identity and Community Among Non-Muslims in Aceh

Series: Non-Muslims in Aceh

Arskal Salim
February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

What patterns of inclusion and exclusion do non-Muslims in Aceh experience?

Fear and Mourning in the Shadow of Orlando

Series: Intersecting Phobias

Michael Vicente Perez
December 22, 2016August 20, 2019

The temporary inclusion of LGBTQ subjects in the national body involved the exclusion of Muslims through the discourse of the war on terror. Read the full article »

Two American Fears: Islamophobia and Homophobia

Series: Intersecting Phobias

Ali Altaf Mian
December 14, 2016August 20, 2019

This moment presents both difficulties and opportunities for analyzing the intersections of Islamophobia and homophobia. By historicizing the emergence of each, we gain analytical clarity about the complex negotiations of identity, never static but always becoming.

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.