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The religion of the old women of Nishapur

Inborn faith or knowledge: Mothers and the old women of Nishapur

May 25, 2022

It is unclear what the content of the faith of the old women/the mother is. This faith does not seem to exist on its own. It is not a normative or prescribed…

May 25, 2022

Out there: Perspectives on the study of Black metaphysical religion

The possibilities of a Black religious multiverse

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh·

May 20, 2022

Deciphering and traveling the multiverse with Black religious people invites observers to retheorize Blackness beyond culture, color, and history—allowing the multiverse to appear as a cosmos that stretches the bounds of the…

May 20, 2022

The religion of the old women of Nishapur

Do old women know medicine?

Shireen Hamza·

May 18, 2022

What were old women presumed to know about medicine, and why was it always old women? Alongside the trope of ignorant quacks, older women’s expertise emerged as a trope in the genre…

May 18, 2022

Out there: Perspectives on the study of Black metaphysical religion

Finding the metaphysicians in Black metaphysical religion, ft. Azealia Banks

Elizabeth Pérez·

May 13, 2022

With the fervor of the converted, Banks has promoted Afro-Caribbean religions—including lesser-known ones, like the Dominican 21 Divisions—by educating African Americans about their origins, rituals, and cosmologies.

May 13, 2022

The religion of the old women of Nishapur

Knowledge and encompassment: The old women of Timbuktu

Judith Scheele·

May 11, 2022

[The old women of Nishapur] constitute a “muted category” who are not necessarily silent in and of themselves; the old women of Nishapur clash rather noticeably with other common tropes about old women:…

May 11, 2022

Out there: Perspectives on the study of Black metaphysical religion

Death, definitions, and ontological design

Malachi D. Crawford·

May 6, 2022

What roles do naming and self-definition play in the liberation or oppression of a people? One might argue that words give shape and form to the relationships between objects in our lives.…

May 6, 2022

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Inborn faith or knowledge: Mothers and the old women of Nishapur

The possibilities of a Black religious multiverse

Do old women know medicine?

Finding the metaphysicians in Black metaphysical religion, ft. Azealia Banks

Knowledge and encompassment: The old women of Timbuktu

Death, definitions, and ontological design