For those of us in the United States, Gandhi’s birthday is also an opportunity to reflect on how lessons from…
Gandhi’s birthday and the American religious left
nonviolence
Listening in our disasters
As a professor of social ethics, it seemed to me listening, as a moral commitment, was an apt description of…
Ascetic faith in a modern world
Jainism, a religion from India that emphasizes a disciplined adherence to non-violence, is one of the oldest religions in the…
Mamdani on the African uprisings
Mahmood Mamdami places the Egyptian revolution and other protest movements in the historical context of popular struggle in Africa.
Implicated and enraged: An interview with Judith Butler
Judith Butler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is among the leading social theorists alive today. Her most…
The science of people power: An interview with Gene Sharp
Gene Sharp is the foremost strategist of nonviolent social change alive today. He holds a doctorate in political theory from…
A new generation of Muslim activists
According to a recent story in Time magazine, there is a new type of Muslim activism brewing across the globe.…
“A Carefully Crafted F**k You”
At Guernica, Nathan Schneider interviews Judith Butler.
Gandhi meets Bin Laden
James L. Rowell, an assistant professor of religion at Flager College, examines divergent forms of religious leadership through studies of Gandhi…