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Action as Prayer: Lessons from Oceti Sakowin

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.

Theo-Politics in Flux: The ‘Alt-Right’ on God, Christendom, and the Nation

Mara Willard
February 28, 2017May 26, 2017

Newly empowered, US white nationalists straddle pre- or a-modern theology and Christianity, re-constructed and re-lived on internet forums and tv-shows of late-modernity. Willard tracks the contentions in the US white nationalist right through the lens of Arendt’s “Origins of Totalitarianism”.

Taking it Back from the Global Catholic Right: Reclaiming the Underworld of the Religious Imagination

Brenna Moore
February 6, 2017January 24, 2024

Brenna Moore points to Catholicism’s legacy of “risky thinkers” and rich theological resources as potential tools for resistance.

The Trump Administration’s Terra Incognita for American Muslims

Series: Religion and Populism

Sarah Eltantawi
January 13, 2017August 20, 2019

The terra incognita of the Trump era can offer American Muslims the opportunity to emerge stronger, more self-articulated, and more inclusive and loving.

American Muslims in the Age of President Trump

Series: Religion and Populism

Amir Hussain
January 9, 2017August 20, 2019

There has, it surprises some people to learn, never been an America without Muslims. Read the full article »

Fear and Mourning in the Shadow of Orlando

Series: Intersecting Phobias

Michael Vicente Perez
December 22, 2016February 1, 2024

The temporary inclusion of LGBTQ subjects in the national body involved the exclusion of Muslims through the discourse of the war on terror. Read the full article »

Two American Fears: Islamophobia and Homophobia

Series: Intersecting Phobias

Ali Altaf Mian
December 14, 2016January 27, 2024

This moment presents both difficulties and opportunities for analyzing the intersections of Islamophobia and homophobia. By historicizing the emergence of each, we gain analytical clarity about the complex negotiations of identity, never static but always becoming.

What next after 11/9 for the U.S.? Reactions, and a plea for lessons and wisdom from our friends and colleagues in Africa

Cecelia Lynch and Cilas Kemedjio
November 15, 2016August 20, 2019

The CIHA blog calls for sharing of experiences, wisdom, emotional and action-oriented responses to the recent election. Read the full article »

Is Christianity Bad for Women?

Dania Straughan
November 2, 2016January 27, 2024

The short answer, according to the panel, is no. But the conversation left many stones unturned.

Los Angeles: A Microcosm for National Conversations on Religion, Public Life and Deep Diversity

Ahmet Tekelioglu
January 6, 2016January 6, 2023

The city of Los Angeles—a diverse, cosmopolitan, dynamically changing landscape—provides unique insights into how American Muslim and Catholic communities are engaging with the new plurality at different stages of their respective historical evolutions in the ever-changing American religious and legal-ethical landscape. Read the full article »

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