In The New York Times, Eliyahu Stern, assistant professor of Religious Studies and History at Yale, argues that current efforts to outlaw Shari‘a interfere with the ability of Muslims to govern their own communities. More importantly, perhaps, these efforts discriminate against a religious group using the same arguments often used to deny Jews full citizenship during Europe's past
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Debating online religious practices
by Annie Hardison-MoodyParticipation in online religious communities and practices ("liking" religious pages on Facebook, posting religious messages, and joining online religious communities) has become an increasingly widespread phenomenon. A recent "Room for Debate" in The New York Times discussed the pros and cons of religious life online.
September 12, 2011
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A discussion on religious freedom, Islam, and American Muslims
by Amanda KaplanOn September 15, New York University will hold a discussion on "religious freedom, possibilities for reform in Islam, and the paths being taken by American Muslims in the context of a post-9/11 rise in bias against Muslims" with U.S. Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Irshad Manji.
September 13, 2011
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Conference/CFP: Modernism, Christianity, and Apocalypse
by Jessica PolebaumA conference organized by the Department of Foreign Languages at the University of Bergen, Norway, to take place on July 18-20, 2012, will include keynote speakers Paul S. Fiddes, John Milbank, Hans Ottomeyer, and Marjorie Perloff.
September 13, 2011
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CFP: From Tahrir to Wisconsin
by Jessica PolebaumThe political theory graduate students of the Cornell Department of Government will host an interdisciplinary graduate student conference, "From Tahrir to Wisconsin: Rethinking Revolution, Democracy and Citizenship," April 27-28, 2012. Find more information on the CFP here.
September 13, 2011
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The Sacred and the Sovereign
by Amanda Kaplane-International Relations has recently published "The Sacred and the Sovereign," a collection of short articles by Jeffrey Haynes, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Shireen Hunter, Brendan Sweetman, J. Paul Martin, Tariq Modood, and Barry A. Kosmin.
September 13, 2011
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Remembering differently
by Daniel VacaIn the ten years since 2001, every September has brought with it calls to remember the attacks of September 11. This week, a ten-year anniversary and the completion of memorials in New York and elsewhere have inspired a swell of such calls. Standing out this year, however, have been petitions to, in the words of Jeremy Walton, "remember differently."
September 16, 2011
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The home of the syndrome
by John D. BoySam McPheeters travels through the Holy Land in search of the "Jerusalem syndrome" for Vice.
September 19, 2011
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A blast from the past: lessons in eastern religion and philosophy
by Amanda KaplanFifty years ago, Alan Watts popularized ideas of eastern philosophy and religion. Open Culture shares a relic of the past.
September 19, 2011
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I thought we were all past this
by Amanda KaplanSpencer Ackerman discusses at length the "dozens of pages of recent FBI training material on Islam that Danger Room has acquired," each one exposing practices and teachings of blatant discrimination, racial profiling, and cultural ignorance.
September 20, 2011