...US. Young people see spiritual development as both “part of who you are” and an intentional choice, the study shows. As a young man from South Africa puts it, “The...
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Is ISIS Islamic? Why it matters for the study of Islam
by Anver Emon...slavery to legitimate the South’s utterly violent pursuit of secession. As much as we tell ourselves (hi)stories about nationalism and the self-determination of peoples, we cannot ignore how they—just like...
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Being Benedict
by Cecelia Lynch...constructs. Many who are most active in promoting social justice remain wary of the Vatican’s selectivity regarding which human rights it promotes. Catholics as well as non-Catholics question whether the...
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Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah dies at age 75
by Jake Alter...that women had the right to defend themselves from domestic violence. On Sunday, women wept openly on the streets of Shiite south Beirut as word of his death spread. Following...
here & there
Religious Violence in Nigeria
by Laura Duane...Chris Ngwodo writes in the first of these: …in Northern Nigeria, religion, ethnicity and politics are intimately bound up in ways that Nigerians living south of the Niger may find...
Religious Difference in a Secular Age
Thinking with Saba Mahmood
by Hussein Ali Agrama...within her thesis is a potentially profound challenge to a set of claims that are strongly promoted by some theorists of secularism and many political liberals: that a harmonious religious...
Religion and the 2008 election
An internationalist president
by John L. Esposito...congratulatory emails from friends in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, and Europe. Some had stayed up through the night to hear the final results. Of course, I wasn’t...
Deathless questions and other interviews
Religious liberty, minorities, and Islam: An interview with Saba Mahmood
by Nathan Schneider and Saba Mahmood...countries in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and South Asia. It’s called “Politics of Religious Freedom: Contested Norms and Local Practices.” Most of the scholarly work to date...
books
Contextualising Jihadi Thought
by The EditorsIn the recent publication, Contextualising Jihadi Thought, editors Jeevan Deol and Zaheer Kazmi compile cross-disciplinary analysis on the concept of jihadism and its impact on Middle Eastern, South Asian, and...