PRRIOver the past two election cycles, Hispanic voters have been one of the most important voting blocs, with both Republicans and Democrats attempting to win over this constituency. This once reliably-Democratic demographic has seen Republicans make...
State of FormationOver the past few months, the BILI (Building Interfaith Leadership Initiative) fellowship and my campus community at Tufts University have guided me to a new definition of interfaith work. I have learned that the richness of interfaith work emerges...
State of FormationMy interfaith evolution is a lot like the magnificent willow tree: flowing, flexible, and adaptable. I was around eight years old when I began to grasp the concept of organized religion. The momentous occasion took place in a synagogue in Miami,...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Oluwatomisin “Tomi” Oredein. “It is a form of struggle and survival, an epistemic existence-based response and practice—most especially by colonial and racialized subjects—against the colonial matrix of power in all of its dimensions, and for...
Original Free NationsThe context begins with the free existence of our Native nations and peoples, extending back to the beginning of our time through our oral histories and traditions, contrasted with the system of domination that was carried by ship across the ocean...
NAASR2023 NAASR Annual Meeting Program Exploring the “Ecologies” of Scholarship in the Study of Religion #naasr2023 ONLINE (PRE-CONFERENCE) Program Saturday, November 11, 2023 (via Zoom link) Register for the online (pre-conference) program here. MEET...
Original Free NationsThe Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code The film directed by Sheldon Wolfchild, (Dakota) and co-produced by Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape), The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code is a compelling presentation...
PRRIThe U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which overturned the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade — still looms months after its June 2022 announcement. Abortion is generally seen as a partisan issue, as...
State of FormationGrowing up in a western suburb of Chicago, in a primarily Catholic household, I have always had a deep appreciation and love for my Guatemalan roots and a desire to help the people in my community. My upbringing and culture serve as means of...
State of FormationWhen one thinks of art, it is easy to think of one of the greats – Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nina Simone, or Pablo Picasso. Conversation, however, is also an art through which we exchange our ideas, feelings, and beliefs. Whether great conversations...