One of the largest religious schisms in American history has occurred in the last few years. Around one quarter of the 30,000 congregations in the United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in…
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Revisited: Jesus, religion, and revolution in the South African elections
October 30, 2024
Ten years ago, I examined the entanglement of religion and politics in South Africa ahead of the 2014 national election. Today, the political landscape has shifted, yet many struggles persist. Thirty years…
October 30, 2024
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Revisited: Making budgets moral again
October 16, 2024
Ruth Braunstein revisits her 2019 essay on efforts to reframe the budget as a moral concern. Her work sheds light on an active, if fragmented, network of faith leaders who reject the…
October 16, 2024
Ruinations: Violence in these times
Thinking about the discourse of “religion and violence”
October 9, 2024
I have learned much from this fascinating collection of short essays. Here we find on-the-ground engagements with violence in Gaza, Christian nationalism, mass shooters in the United States, tensions between Christians and…
October 9, 2024
Ruinations: Violence in these times
Mughal neopaganism and the romance of history
October 2, 2024
In the last five decades, South Asian countries have experienced a notable increase in religious violence and discrimination. The most well-known cases involve the Muslims in India, the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan, the…
October 2, 2024
Ruinations: Violence in these times
Rabid for a peace
September 25, 2024
“To have or not have sex,” writes R. Marie Griffith, “is a vital symbolic and discursive arena for [enacting] the relationship between body and soul.” For incels or involuntary celibate men, who mark their sexlessness…
September 25, 2024
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