...the Semiramis Intercontinental and the Nile Hilton), international fast-food restaurants (like Pizza Hut and KFC), as well as cafés, airline offices, travel agencies, and newspaper stands. The Midan is very...
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Reflections on the future of Indian democracy
by Dipesh Chakrabarty...“ordinary” Indians, but also the international elite that patronizes the most well-known hotels of Mumbai, itself the most global city in India. Their technology and targets were global—witness their use...
An economy of faith
by Laura Duane...alone. The world’s wealthiest nations must also fulfill their responsibility by increasing life-saving aid, expanding debt relief for poor nations and reforming the international-financial institutions. Read the full post here....
CFP: “Social Policy & Religion in the Middle East”
by Ruth Braunstein...as can be particularly noted in the policies of international development organisations such as the World Bank and UN-ESCWA. The workshop will therefore, provide a space for critical academic debate...
Justice and reconciliation
by Colleen Murphy...international law, and reflected in the laws and constitutions of states as well as the actions of those who act in the state’s name. Violations wound individuals and relationships. Primary...
Islamic finance
by Jessica PolebaumThe New York Times‘s Hillary Brenhouse explores the proliferation in European and American higher education of courses and degrees in Islamic banking and finance: At semiannual meetings of the International...
Call for Comments: Writing religion for the IPSP
by Nancy Ammerman and Grace DavieCan we hope for a better society? That is the animating question behind an ambitious project, the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP). Inspired by Amartya Sen, the project is...
UCSIA Summer School: Religion, Culture, and Society
by Olivia Whitener...State, and Religion: Economic Realities, Social Justice, and Faith Traditions.” The UCSIA Summer School brings together a multidisciplinary and international group of 30 PhD students and postdoctoral scholars. Participation and...
CFP and fellowship opportunities
by Wei Zhu...On the other hand, Norway (and especially the Oslo region) now also is a society more and more characterized by religious diversity, and in an international media-transmitted perspective religion very...
Candor or respect?
by Nathan Schneider...Faisal Devji (The New School University), Philip Hamburger (Columbia Law School), Marci Hamilton (Cardozo Law School), Leonard Leo (US Commission on International Religious Freedom), Tomoko Masuzawa (University of Michigan), Flemming...