Exploring how religious and secular forces interact in the modern world.
Widespread product “halalization” contributes to novel modes of self-described piety, yet implies a pro-consumptive “deregulation” of religion.
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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.
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How can Islamic tradition survive as times change, not simply in new geographic or cultural contexts, but also in new conceptual universes? Contending Modernities launches a project for renewal.
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The short answer, according to the panel, is no. But the conversation left many stones unturned.
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Retaining, reconfiguring, and renouncing traditional embodiments of sex, gender, and sexuality. Read the full article »
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The “Islamic state” is a construct of modernity, of Muslim intellectuals trying to cope with modernity, secularization, and colonialism.
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There is a great deal to be said regarding the role of nonviolent modes of addressing human conflict, a topic often neglected by interpreters of the just war tradition; but severing the notions of just peace and just war is a mistake. Indeed, notions of just peace and just war go together.
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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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Located in northwestern Lombok, the capital of West Nusa Tenggara province, Mataram, is perhaps the island’s most dynamic location for the unfolding of inter-religious engagement, competition, and potential conflict. Mataram offers some examples of inter-religious convergence and harmony. Nevertheless, conflicts and violence have occurred.
Read More →In a theme that resonates well with Contending Modernities, Khan has consistently spoken of his (and everyone’s) multiple identities, in his case these being: British, European, Western, Pakistani-origin, Muslim, human rights lawyer, the son of a bus driver and a product of a working-class council estate home. Thus, Khan’s election has the potential to be hugely inspiring and empowering to “minority” or “underdog” groupings, like Barack Obama’s election victory in 2008. Read the full article »
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