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

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.

CRS: Lessons in Contemporary Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding

Series: CRS Inter-Religious Action

Garrett FitzGerald
October 25, 2016February 23, 2017

Garrett Fitzgerald shares takeaways from the CRS case studies.

Promoting Interreligious Tolerance in Upper Egypt

Series: CRS Inter-Religious Action

Atalia Omer
October 14, 2016February 23, 2017

In Upper Egypt, escalating patterns of violence along religiocultural fault-lines can be explained in terms of societal separation.

Women Strengthening Pluralist Co-Existence in Contemporary Indonesia: Analyzing the Role of Komnas Perempuan and the Koalisi Perempuan

Series: Women in Indonesia

Nelly van Doorn-Harder and Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta
June 2, 2016August 14, 2019

The battles these women had waged for legal, religious, economic, social, and other forms of equality since the 1980s had started to bear fruit; new opportunities had opened to women, and debates about their legal rights had reached the public press and political platforms.

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