Ken ChitwoodPhoto via Interfaith America Magazine. When Jacqueline Moreno got her job at a global investment firm, it was an answered prayer. “I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “Coming from my...
Doctrine of DiscoveryComments delivered as part of the “Virtual Consultation on Legal Framework: Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief,” held June 22, 2022. For details on the Special Rapporteur’s report, see Ahmed Shaheed, “Interim Report...
Doctrine of DiscoveryThe present report is the input provided by the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI) and American Indian Law Alliance (AILA) in response to the new report drafted in 2022 by Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom or Belief.
Popular Culture And TheologyI wish there was a bold opposition party to stand against the Trump administration. The Democratic Party is not that party. I have a large number of Republican family members, who consume a large amount of conservative media. It has struck me as...
ReligionProfAt a recent gathering of local New Testament scholars here in Indianapolis, the question of whether the Gospel of John’s Christology might be adoptionist came up. In my own work on the Gospel of John, I looked closely at the few and often neglected...
Bible For Normal People BlogIn this episode of The Bible for Normal People, Pete concludes a lengthy expedition through the book of Genesis with the story of Joseph—emphasizing its role as a bridge between... The post Episode 292: Pete Enns – Pete Ruins Genesis (Part 5)...
Doctrine of DiscoveryIn the present report, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, initiates a critical conversation within the United Nations system and beyond on obstacles and opportunities facing indigenous peoples’ freedom of...
Feminism and Religion" Doctrine of DiscoveryAbstract The Office of the External Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom or Belief contacted Philip P. Arnold, the Indigenous Values Initiative (IVI), and the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA), and asked us to join a call to give input on a...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Creative Living: Imagination, Intention, and Grand Hospitality appeared first on April Online.
ReligionProfSome people immediately associate artificial intelligence and plagiarism, going so far as to call LLM chatbots “plagiarism machines.” I have pushed back on that in the past, but some new evidence has me rethinking this. Artifically Intelligently...
Wabash Center BlogMy friend Kenneth Ngwa and I have ongoing conversations about impossible questions concerning the current malaise of education. How do you make your way and guide others when there is […]
Feminism and Religion"Subtitle: Remembering Eve and the Power of Creative Transgression I have learned that every good story of spirit has many layers of meaning and pathways of understanding. Dr Leilani has found particularly relevant and even beautiful aspects of the...
Doctrine of DiscoveryAbstract The second issue of volume five of the Journal of the Council for Research on Religion (JCREOR) is a special issue, From Indigenous ‘Religions’ to Indigenous Values. Planned and realized in collaboration with Philip P. Arnold (Syracuse...
Feminism and Religion"I walk my dog at night—usually after midnight I walk in my neighborhood with my dog, Zuma, a dead ringer for Toto from the Wizard of Oz. We are both quiet. I have a small flask of chardonnay I keep in my breast pocket. I might photograph the moon....
Canopy ForumJewish Wedding by Wincenty Smokowski (1858, US-PD). Throughout the Pentateuch and subsequently in the books of the Prophets and Writings, readers are confronted with the existence of polygamous relationships – Abraham, Jacob, David, and Solomon, to...
ReligionProfI will start with a call for papers for the American Academy of Religion’s Traditions of Eastern Late Antiquity program unit and the Society of Biblical Literature’s John the Baptist program unit, but even if those do not interest you, please keep...
Feminism and Religion"COMMUNITY Unexpected comfortPermeated raw, cold ache.Warmth melted sorrow.Embraced we are.Once againKnowing we are loved.And loving too.©Margot Van Sluytman ~~~“Supporting neighbours. Protecting communities. Providing supports. Rebuilding lives.”...
Contending ModernitiesWhat is disclosed when we seek to understand the fine line of difference within us all? The post The Difference Within Us: Our Humanity and Inhumanity appeared first on Contending Modernities.
Barth NotesA much-discussed front-page splash from the Mail on Sunday: In a chilling clampdown on free speech, two police officers pay a visit to a grandmother – simply for criticising Labour politicians on Facebook. Detectives were last night accused of...
Feminism and Religion"The world has become unrecognizable. I am at a loss for words. I take refuge in brush, to color, to canvas, to paper— peering through the veil; seeking beauty; revealing connections. The world has become unrecognizable. I am beyond words. Truth be...
Feminism and Religion"Part 1 was posted last week. You can read it here. The second sand painting used on the sixth night of the Mountain Way Chant is supposed to be a representation of the bears’ home in the Carrizo Mountains. In the center of this painting is a bowl...
ReligionProfThere’s a story behind how we ended up hosting a public lecture at Butler University on “Religious Experience and Psychedelics” and this is it. I was interviewed by Butler University’s student newspaper, The Butler Collegian, about this upcoming...
Wabash Center BlogIn a previous blog, I surmised that the diversity of students within theological education is one of its greatest strengths and one of its deepest challenges. One reason that theological […]
Ken ChitwoodImage via Sojourners. “WE ARE FULL of fear, but we are not helpless,” said Giselle, a 40-year-old living in a mixed-status immigrant family in Chicago. “We have the power of God, the...
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An und für sichOn our flight home from Rome, we hit some turbulence — the borderline scary kind that turns your stomach and elicits the occasional gasp. I am a pretty seasoned traveller, so it would take much more than that to make me really fear for my safety....
Marginalia Review of BooksSAMUEL LONCAR | What defines us is not our leaders or our borders. A President does not make an epoch.
ReligionProfLed To Severance By Jesus I did not expect the latest episode of Severance to feature a character saying that he had been led to severance by Jesus. I have been watching Severance avidly since it first aired. Such an interesting concept, not unlike...
The Commons by APRIL OnlineAdd excerpt here. The post Diversity of Sexuality in Islam: Interview with Imam Muhsin Hendricks appeared first on April Online.
Barth NotesFrom GB News: ‘Did nobody vet this lady? Why does she have direct access to our Prime Minister?!’ @PatrickChristys reacts to Keir Starmer meeting with “Muslim leaders” to discuss his “plans for change”, including Saima Aslam, who tweeted in 2015...
Andrew WhiteheadOn learning, living, and loving in the shadow of empire.
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Canopy ForumThe “Temple of the Sun” of Ingapirca, Ecuador by Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0) The following essay is reprinted and adapted on Canopy Forum in collaboration with the journal Derecho en Sociedad, a biannual electronic publication that is free and...
The Other JournalIn October 2017, in the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in US history, Bishop Ian Douglas of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut took part in a panel interview as a member of Bishops Against Gun Violence. There, Douglas spoke frankly of...
Ancient Jew Review“I hope the book further chips away at the deep-seated eurocentrism and Roman-triumphalism that continues to treat Iranian empires as backwards and primitive, employing different strategies of rule based on their lesser governing capabilities.”
Contending ModernitiesThe unknowability and oscillation of the soul imbue individuals with a radical otherness or alterity. The post The Necessary Alterity of Mimesis and its Effects appeared first on Contending Modernities.
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Indigenous Values InitiativeOnondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice Monday, March 10, 6:30 pm Syracuse Stage, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse Come commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic filing of the Onondaga Land Rights Action. Onondaga...
An und für sichAgamben is best known for his critique of sovereign emergency powers and their tendency to reduce all legal subjects to a homo sacer-like state of absolute exposure to violence. But in more recent years, he has written more often about a seemingly...
Sowing the SeedTis the season for Call for Papers, or as we sometimes call them, CFPs. I’ll sharing here some of the CFPs coming to my desk and why I think you might consider submitting a proposal. The first one up is for the Society of Comparative Research on...
Doctrine of DiscoveryOnondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future:The Quest for Justice Details Monday, March 10, 6:30 pm Syracuse Stage, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse Come commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic filing of the Onondaga Land Rights Action. Onondaga...
Ancient Jew Review“In the end what I think distinguishes Simcha’s account from others is the sense of the informality and improvisatory character of these arrangements, their non-institutionalization and their easy evadability. Thus, minority communities were not...
Wabash Center BlogAs I said in my earlier blog in this series, it can be a relief for teachers to know that making a course more antiracist isn’t only about introducing fraught […]
American Indian Law AllianceOnondaga Land Rights & Our Common Future: The Quest For Justice Onondaga Land Rights and Our Common Future: The Quest for Justice Monday, March 10, 6:30 pm Syracuse Stage, 820 E Genesee St, Syracuse Come commemorate the 20th anniversary of… The...
Barth NotesFrom the Evening Standard, a week ago: Farmers will stage another tractor protest outside Parliament on Monday as they continue their campaign against changes to inheritance tax rules. The tractor rally, organised by Save British Farming, comes as...
Religion MattersGuest Post: Vicki Garlock, founder World Religions 4 Kids Ramadan is a month-long Islamic holy period that begins with the sighting of the new moon. During the month, observant Muslims fast during daylight hours, read the entire Qur’an, connect...
Religion MattersTim Hall, Ph.D. Religious literacy education has not traditionally received sustained pedagogical attention. This state of affairs changed in 2017 with the publication of the Religious Studies Companion Document for the C3 Framework (RSCD),...
Reading ReligionDear Reading Religion Subscribers, In celebration of Black History Month, the editors at Reading Religion have highlighted a selection of thought-provoking reviews and available books that explore Black religious thought, theology, and history. ...
Barth NotesFrom Mary Dejevsky at the Spectator: Let me put my own cards on the table. I have no view on, or sense of, Letby’s innocence or guilt. I was not in the courtroom; I followed the case through media reports. As an ingrained sceptic and questioner of...