The idea of God the father is simply not part of the dominant Muslim imaginary. Instead Muslim theology speaks of ungendered multitudinous divine attributes as a way for humanity to relate to…
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Rethinking public religion: Word, image, sound
Sonic privilege: The holism of religious publics
May 21, 2019
Is there a particular link between the sonic and the holistic nature of public religious performances that exceeds what can be seen, heard, smelled, and tasted?
May 21, 2019
Divine motherhood
Thealogy or pathology? Reflections from South India
May 20, 2019
Does attributing motherhood to divinity do anything to undermine patriarchy? The answer, at least from where I sit, is no.
May 20, 2019
Rethinking public religion: Word, image, sound
Le mal des fleurs
May 16, 2019
Surely one reason for the ongoing but mistakenly benign and otherworldly cliché of India as a land of “spirituality” is the sheer proliferation of religious images, sounds, and smells in its public…
May 16, 2019
Divine motherhood
Motherhood on the hinge
May 13, 2019
By the time I encountered Marie de l’Incarnation and the gripping story of her decision to abandon her eleven-year-old son Claude for religious life, I was already a mother to three boys…
May 13, 2019
events
Religion and Social Justice Movements in Transatlantic Perspective
by The EditorsFriday, May 17, 2019, 10 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Religion and Social Justice Movements in Transatlantic Perspective is a full-day event focused on religious responses to exclusionary populisms, including racial and religious exclusions, anti-immigrant movements, and responses to the global refugee crisis more broadly.
May 9, 2019
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