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‘Not Me, Not That’: Thinking Race and Catholic Modernity

Series: Decolonizing Narratives
Brenna Moore
December 1, 2017August 7, 2019

Subaltern voices are not just about “diversity,” but about approximating a more honest, rich and enlarged sense of truth and the world.

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The Role of Heritage and Tradition (Turāth) in the Search for Muslim Identity

Series: Beyond Coexistence
Ebrahim Moosa
November 2, 2017November 3, 2017

Without careful nurturing and dedicated attention to the past as well as the present, tradition becomes an instrument of power, and a source of learned ignorance.

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The Ambivalence of Modernity Seen from Abidjan

Ludovic Lado
May 15, 2017October 18, 2017

Modernity is embraced for its scientific and technological wonders, but is also associated with moral decline especially with regard to family and sexual ethics.

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Action as Prayer: Lessons from Oceti Sakowin

Series: Prayer and Action
Jonathan Brenneman
April 3, 2017

The prayer practices at Oceti Sakowin camp offered a holistic and positive relationship between prayer and action, a relationship not often found between prayer and action within Christianity.

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Loss, Lament and Prophetic Modernities

Series: Prophecy Without Contempt
M. Christian Green
August 30, 2016August 15, 2019

Can prophetic indictment balance lamentation with justice, irony with hope? Read the full article »

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Foundations for Democracy in Islamic Traditions

Series: Rome 2016
Armina Omerika
August 3, 2016August 14, 2019

The “Islamic state” is a construct of modernity, of Muslim intellectuals trying to cope with modernity, secularization, and colonialism.

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Reflections on Human Personhood: An Islamic Perspective

Abdulaziz Sachedina
August 21, 2013August 9, 2019

Modernity has played havoc in appraising human personhood. Science and technology are progressing unabatedly to improve the quality of human life, and yet the end result unwittingly points to further confusion in appreciating the natural and spiritual dimensions of the human person.

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