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The Commons by APRIL OnlineBetween Two Worlds: “Iran does not need to be saved by bombs”
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The ConversationBeyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans
The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait.
The ConversationThe sacred cloth at the center of the Hajj pilgrimage
As millions gather for Hajj, they will circle the Kaaba, which is draped in the black cloth known as the kiswah – a sacred object shaped by centuries of faith, politics and power.
Political TheologyThe Politics of Human Dignity
For someone who grew up being told they barely count as human, the idea that God is specifically mindful of them is not a moment of little surprise. It is a life-changing claim. Source
Political TheologyRemembering Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026)
We invited scholars of politics, philosophy, and theology to help us critically remember Habermas Source
Political TheologyReligious Indifference and Agonism
This essay is part of a book series on Neena Mahadev's Karma and Grace. Source
Studying Religion in CultureUnexpected Developments
Life can be full of surprises. Most students in Religious Studies did not expect to major in REL, and often majors don’t expect the ways the major helps them pursue careers that are not related to religion. That is the experience of Caity Bell, who...
Canopy Forum“For the Word of God is Posted and Passive” by Christopher D. Hampson
An SB 10 compliant Poster. Photo by author. The Ten Commandments are almost certainly headed back to the Supreme Court. Over the past couple of years, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas have all passed statutes requiring the Decalogue to be posted in...
Cultural Studies BlogspotAffect is Ordinary. There is nothing outside of the affective text
Affect is ordinary, that is the first fact. The vape smells. The tobacco smells. Each smell oozes from clothes differently. The whisky burns. The base and beat of the music can be felt as much as heard thumping through the walls and floors of the...
Canopy Forum“Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District” by Nathan Chapman
Moses and Aaron with the 10 Commandments by Aron de Chaves (PD-Art). This piece was originally published on Divided Argument, a legal blog on April 22nd, 2026. Sometimes a case is meta. Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, the Fifth...
Du Mez CONNECTIONSAre political debates even worth having?
A theological ethicist weighs in on how to persuade one's neighbor in times of moral conflict
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraHow Purity Culture Became White
An interview with Sara Moslener, author of "After Purity" The post How Purity Culture Became White first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsHow Purity Culture Became White
An interview with Sara Moslener, author of "After Purity" The post How Purity Culture Became White first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Contending ModernitiesThe Iran War and the Afterlife of Liberal Modernity: A Critical Tribute to Jürgen Habermas
Habermas’s liberal idealism may now linger as a kind of story most visible at the edge of disappearance, where loss and transmission drift together under the shadow of perpetual war. The post The Iran War and the Afterlife of Liberal Modernity: A...
Studying Religion in CultureResourcing the Field and the REL Strategy Group
The REL Strategy Group started with the observation that academic units in the study of religion would benefit from a more nimble approach to higher ed challenges. The issues we are facing—corporatization, ideological affronts, and seismic...
Popular Culture And TheologyCall for Papers: Gaming Worlds and The Human
Call for Papers: Gaming Worlds and the Human What kinds of worlds do video games create, and what theological and religious questions emerge from within them? As video games have developed into complex narrative and experiential forms, they have...
The Immanent FrameUnbundled religious and spiritual innovation
When I started studying how meditators were moving Buddhist meditation into their workplaces nearly twenty years ago, some sociologists wondered […] The post Unbundled religious and spiritual innovation appeared first on The Immanent Frame.
Du Mez CONNECTIONSLive Laugh Love Buzz
What are people saying?
The ConversationWhat Jefferson and Madison would have thought about ‘rededicating’ the US to God
The ‘Rededicate 250’ rally raised questions about separation of church and state. Jefferson and Madison’s many letters to each other shed light on that much-debated principle.
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraPreacher Man
Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, took his sermons very, very seriously The post Preacher Man first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsPreacher Man
Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, took his sermons very, very seriously The post Preacher Man first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
The ConversationSan Diego mosque shooting reflects how online rhetoric, media depictions and political discourse contribute to increased Islamophobia
Negative portrayals of Muslims are not without consequence – they lead to increased discrimination, hate crimes and psychological harm, writes a scholar of Islamophobia.
Barth NotesA Brief Tommy Robinson Rally Round Up
From CBS: Police estimated that around 60,000 people attended the “Unite the Kingdom” march, making it one of the largest right-wing mobilizations seen in Britain in recent years, though smaller than a similar Robinson-led rally last September…...
Sowing the SeedOn Criticism
Why is some criticism vital and other, deadly?
White Too LongPostcards from the Rededicate250 Christian Nationalist Event in DC
My take on CNN and NPR: Trump's vision for a white Christian America takes the stage in DC.
Cultural Studies BlogspotExercising Corpo-Realities (Vancouver, October 2026)
I am organising a panel stream at the October 2026 conference of the Society for the Study of Affect. The stream is called ‘Exercising Corpo-Realities’, listed at number 10 here:https://affectsociety.com/make/#themesI would love to invite you to...
Ken ChitwoodMigrants Fill the Gap Caring for Germany’s Aging Population
Getty Image (NurPhoto), via Christianity Today. At the Immanuel Senior Care Center in Elstal, about 18 miles outside Berlin in the German state of Brandenburg, 26-year-old Sharoon...
Ancient Jew ReviewA Memory of Violence: Sixth-Century “Culture Making” in a Heretical Empire
In her groundbreaking 2004 book Martyrdom and Memory: Early Christian Culture Making, Elizabeth Castelli memorably shifted our gaze from the martyrs’ torn bodies to their hagiographers, requiring us to consider how these narrators shaped their...
Sowing the SeedLast Week In Review
“Last Week In Review.” Quick hits on what I wrote, read, and listened to over the last few days or so.
Marginalia Review of BooksThe Post-Classical Turn: How Islamic Thought Reinvented Itself After the Philosophers’ Crisis
What is our motivating force today, and can we still hold on to a unified view of the history of philosophy?
Marginalia Review of BooksPoems as Children of the Moment: Jane Zwart Interviewed by Amit Majmudar
JANE ZWART | Sometimes I find myself almost unable to write poems because I’m not in the right rooms in my mind. . .
Du Mez CONNECTIONSA Liturgy of Rededication
There's more than one way to pray for your country
Canopy Forum“Pakistan: From Diplomatic Win To National Strategy” by Jo Chitlik
Margalla Hills in Pakistan by Zach Khan (CC BY-SA 4.0). In early April 2026, Pakistan accomplished what few states in the contemporary international system have managed: it brought the United States and Iran, two nations defined by decades of...
White Too LongInvitation: Countering the Bad Faith on the Washington National Mall
This Sunday: Join me, Bishop William Barber II, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and Lisa Sharon Harper for an affirmation of our nation's rich religious diversity.
Sowing the SeedRemember the Time: On “Michael” and Horror
I haven't seen Michael yet, but I have spent some time thinking with James Howard Hill Jr. insightful words on the film. It sounds like this film is most eventful when it asks much of the audience. As Hill said, how exactly does one watch horror?
Marginalia Review of BooksWhy Do We Torture Ourselves? Ice-baths, Fasting, and the Allure of Discomfort
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | Like the modern skeptic, Rambam Rambam (more widely known as Maimonides) is wary of trends and is alive to the slipperiness of motivation. In his work Shemoneh Peraqim, he raises the spectres of misunderstanding and...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraWhat Holds America Together?
On the eve of America’s 250th, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s covenantal politics offer a language for renewing civic life in a time of grievance and fracture The post What Holds America Together? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsWhat Holds America Together?
On the eve of America’s 250th, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s covenantal politics offer a language for renewing civic life in a time of grievance and fracture The post What Holds America Together? first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
ReligionProfPaul, Mark, and Revelation Within Judaism (Enoch Seminar)
Reading The New Testament Within Judaism? (June 10-12, 2025) The Enoch Seminar puts on wonderful conferences and this one on “The New Testament Within Judaism” was no exception. I took extensive notes on the days that I attended, and will share...
Ken ChitwoodRevival, but only with state permission: In Belarus, Franklin Graham's Festival of Hope raises questions about religious freedom
Photo by Alex Wong/Getty via Christianity Today. For three nights starting Friday, the Chizhovka Arena in Minsk will hold the largest gathering of evangelicals ever in Belarus’s...
Canopy Forum“The Legal Foundations of Religious Freedom: Human Rights in the United States and Europe” by John Witte Jr. and Andrea Pin
The Legal Foundations of Religious Freedom: Human Rights in the United States and EuropeJohn Witte Jr. and Andrea Pin Material excerpted from The Legal Foundations of Religious Freedom: Human Rights in the United States and Europe by John Witte Jr....
The Commons by APRIL OnlineA Temple for Trees
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Ancient Jew ReviewMemory and Martyrdom: A Forum Honoring the Work of Elizabeth Castelli
At the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Inventing Christianity Unit sponsored a panel honoring the work of Elizabeth Castelli, highlighting her landmark 2004 book, Martyrdom and Memory.
The Commons by APRIL OnlineFour Animal Guides on the Met Façade: A Conversation with Jeffrey Gibson
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Ancient Jew ReviewOn Being Read: Reflections on Martyrdom and Memory
In responding to these papers, I have not followed the order in which they appeared on the program, but I have rearranged them in order to try to highlight and feature their contributions to our broader discussion about martyrdom in early, late...
Ancient Jew ReviewDo Martyrs Matter in Martyrdom? Charlie Kirk as a Case Study
Do martyrs matter in martyrdom? This may seem like a question with an obvious answer. How could they not? Surely martyrdom is all about the martyrs, and without martyrs, there would be no martyrdom?
Ancient Jew ReviewReconceptualizing Martyrdom in Late Antiquity: A Martyrial Lens and Living Martyrs
Image 1. An ivory plaques with scenes from the Acts of the Apostles Rome; c. 430 CE; Each panel= 4.3 x 9.8cm.; Source: The British Museum, inventory no. 1856,0623.8-12, from the Maskell...
Arc: Religion, Politics, Et CeteraMy Dying Valentine
A Swiss painting from a century ago helps us reflect on love over time The post My Dying Valentine first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.
Religion and PoliticsMy Dying Valentine
A Swiss painting from a century ago helps us reflect on love over time The post My Dying Valentine first appeared on ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera.