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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

Series: Religion Book Symposium

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

Series: Religion Book Symposium

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

Series: Religion Book Symposium

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

Series: Religion Book Symposium

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.

Islam, Catholicism and Modernity: Evangelii Gaudium and Muslim-Christian Dialogue

Dominique Avon
May 9, 2014August 12, 2019

Christian-Muslim relations have followed a sinuous path throughout the centuries. At times they have provided reason for hope, and at others they have encountered stumbling blocks in the path to mutual understanding. The Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium is presented on both sides as a new step in the history of Christian-Muslim understanding. Read the full article »

Dialogue Between the Catholic Church and the Modern World

Paula Bernardini
March 6, 2014August 12, 2019

Since his election in March 2013, Pope Francis has aroused enthusiasm and raised the hopes of many through the articulation and lived example of his vision of a Church open to dialogue with the modern world. Pope Francis’ recent Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, is no exception, delivering an even more explicit invitation for the Church to avoid entrenchment. Read the full article »

Towards a New Model of Relationship: A Call for Collective and Individual Self-Reflection

Ufuk Gokcen
August 30, 2013August 12, 2019

The groundbreaking transformations initiated in some Middle Eastern and North African countries in the aftermath of the so-called Arab Spring, and the processes of reform unfolding in varying degrees and intensity in other member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), raised hopes for new social contracts based on more balanced relationships between states and citizens and between majority and minority communities in terms of ideological, religious or sectarian divides. Read the full article »

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