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Christian Zionism as Geopolitics and Public Theology: A Latin American Perspective

Nicolás Panotto
September 26, 2024September 30, 2024

The utopia Christian Zionism claims is nothing more than a teleological, fatalistic, and metaphysical vision of history, which blocks any possibility of movement, of liberation, of genuine redemption.

The “Miraculous” Nature of the Israel Exception in International Law: Israel’s Nationality Laws

Mohammad H. Fadel
June 4, 2024June 12, 2024

In order to create a Jewish state, the Israeli judiciary performed the miraculous/magical act of imagining Israel’s establishment as though it were an act of self-generation.

Secular India or Hindu Nation: A Short History

Series: The Ram Temple in Ayodhya

Ananya Vajpeyi
April 19, 2024May 9, 2024

Modi chose Varanasi as his electoral constituency, since it is the holiest city for Hindus, but he had his sights set on Ayodhya.

The Political Theology of Traditionalism: Steve Bannon, the Far Right, and the End of Days

Series: Turbulent Religions Alternative Futures

Joshua S. Lupo
January 16, 2024January 30, 2024

It is perhaps an overstatement to claim that Bannon himself is a full-fledged Traditionalist. . . yet there is clear evidence that he finds aspects of the movement appealing and is even willing to implement them within the halls of power.

God’s Plan, Or Institutional Violence? Congolese Refugees in Kampala between Hope And Disillusionment

Series: Enlivening the Nation in Modernity: The Role of Affect in a Populist Age

Alessandro Gusman
November 28, 2023January 27, 2024

Faith in God and in his plans provides room for narratives of hope and a different affective realm for refugees living in insecurity and fear. But even hope fades over the years.

Doubling Down on Anti-anti-Intellectualism

Series: Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State

Ebenezer Obadare
October 31, 2023January 24, 2024

The transition from an authority based broadly on reason to one based on revelation is one of the most consequential developments in postcolonial Nigerian history.

Pentecostalism, Anti-Clericalism, and Postsecularism in Postcolonial Nigeria

Series: Symposium on Pastoral Power Clerical State

Adeshina Afolayan
September 27, 2023February 1, 2024

What does it imply to rethink the Nigerian society within the rubric of a postsecularity that takes God and the perfectibility of Pentecostalism seriously?

Reason’s Idols: A Response to Khan Asfandyar Shairani and Joshua S. Lupo

Series: Mirza Family Chair Inaugural Symposium

Khaled Furani
February 23, 2023September 15, 2024

If revelation is arguably the humbler of reason, when might we reasonably expect reason to be capable of humbling revelation? When might a rock humble the rain?

Revolutionary Dreams, Repressive Realities

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi
January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

Women stand at the forefront, driving this nation-wide revolt because there exists the deepest contradiction between their massive participation in social affairs and the patriarchal laws and denigrating regulations that seek to govern their bodies and appearances.

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