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Harmonizing the Theology of the Past with the Realities of the Present

Manzar Imam
February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

The task of answering the questions facing Islamic theology today cannot be met by those who have no attachment to their Islamic roots. It also cannot be accomplished by an individual alone.

Border-Crossers: Interrogating Boundaries through Bodies

Lailatul Fitriyah
January 16, 2019January 25, 2019

What we can infer from this panel is that the political, racial, and religious markers which compose borders are also etched and negotiated on the bodies of the marginalized others as ‘border-crossers.’

Sustainable Resources: Reimagining Our Relationship with the Earth

Marie-Claire Klassen
January 11, 2019January 18, 2019

In the age of the anthropocene—climate change brought about by human actions—religious traditions can offer vital resources for reimagining a sustainable relationship between humans, other animals, and the earth.

US border wall meets the Pacific in Tijuana.

Welcoming Complexity Together

Dania Straughan
January 11, 2019January 21, 2019

Religion and flourishing at the 2018 inaugural conference for the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion.

The Shabbat Massacre Is Not Merely About Religion

Atalia Omer
October 30, 2018October 31, 2018

The Shabbat massacre is not only a hate crime. It is also the latest expression of racialized Christian construction of boundaries.

On the Theologico-Theatrical: Explaining the Convergence of Pentecostalism and Popular Culture in Nigeria

Ebenezer Obadare
July 10, 2018July 10, 2018

Assurances of salvation may no longer be enough for Nigerian Pentecostalism, where the propulsive energy of Fuji music and commercial imperatives contribute to entangling religion and entertainment.

Photo Credit: Wally Gobetz, on Flickr.com. NYC - FiDi: Trinity Church.

Modernities and Religious Identity and Difference

Christian Smith
April 20, 2018April 21, 2018

Modernity is not simply a political and economic project, but more deeply a cultural one, in some ways a sacred or quasi-religious project.

Photo Credit: United Church of Christ/Jessie Palatucci. UCC March and Action to Stop Deportations at Baltimore ICE Office. Rev. Traci Blackmon, Executive Minister for the United Church of Christ.

Understanding Religion in Light of Shifting Practice

Abdulkader Tayob
April 9, 2018

“Religion” calls for rethinking the familiar models used to think of religion and public life: control, capitulation, co-optation, or rejection.

Toward a Common Respectful Attentiveness to Religions

Francis X. Clooney, SJ
March 9, 2018March 16, 2018

Christian Smith helps us see that people who are religious can more confidently lay our claim to a public sphere which is no longer a neutral, secular space.

Drepung monastery is one of the largest monasteries in Tibet. It was from here that the 2nd through the 5th Dalai Lama lived and ruled - until the 5th commissioned the Potala to be built.

On Sameness, Difference and Wholeness

Anne C. Klein
February 16, 2018

When we study medicine, biology, even the arts, we understand that every human being is much more like us than not. But with religion, difference dominates.

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