According to his detractors, Francis, in addition to “downplaying” the Church’s condemnation of abortion, failed sufficiently to condemn so-called sexual sins. The post Papal Sins Part II: The Four Papal “Sins” appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
Islamophobia is one of the ideological currents that significantly undergirds our current world order . . . and Zohran Mamdani’s election disrupts the flow of that ideological current. The post Zohran Mamdani and Strategic Islamophobia appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
The eyes of Silwan represent the power of the dead for the living in Palestine. The post The Eyes of Silwan: The “Undefeated” Powers of Palestinian Struggle appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
The U.S. Catholic community—numbering 53 million self-identified Catholic adults, or roughly one-fifth of the U.S. population—is complex and layered (as is the phrase “opposition to Pope Francis”).| Contending Modernities
Taking affective investments seriously can be transformative for understanding the staying power of trends and tendencies in biblical reception. The post Bibles Belong to All of Us: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd Interviews Hannah Strømmen appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
What does a focus on biblical assemblages together with the far-right allow us to see anew? The post Bibles Belong to All of Us: Masculinity, Civilization, and the Bibles of the Far Right appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
That Pope Francis seemed to resist the logic of the progressive/conservative binary is an indication of how ill-equipped we are to make sense of religious actors using categories derived from a political framework.| Contending Modernities
Decolonial scholarship pushes the critique of the secular/modern beyond the analysis of idolatry by engaging with the question of religion and colonialism through a robust interrogation of racialization. The post The Urgency of Idolatry Critique: A Synthetic Response to Yadgar and Cavanaugh appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
I think it is a given that the multiplicity of human languages, traditions, practices, etc. diversify and enrich our ways of being in the world; this multiplicity is a good thing. The post Nation Statism and the Jewish Tradition: William Cavanaugh Interviews Yaacov Yadgar appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
The myth that we are disenchanted is a form of self-congratulation used to marginalize those who do not fit the secular paradigm The post Critiquing the Idolatry of Nationalism: Yaacov Yadgar Interviews William Cavanaugh appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
Is it possible to decolonize secularity and extract it from its nest in racialized modern and colonial formations?| Contending Modernities
By shifting our perspective, we can uncover pathways for more equitable, locally driven peace initiatives that challenge, rather than reinforce, colonial frameworks.| Contending Modernities
To the extent that there is a comprehensible theology underlying the Trump Administration's engagement with the world, it is not premised upon an understanding or tenet of Christianity.| Contending Modernities
How does one get from religion-based peacebuilding practices that maintain existent orders of domination to peacebuilding practices that challenge and potentially transcend orders of domination?| Contending Modernities
Without critical analysis of the gendered, racialized, and sexualized asymmetry of power . . . interreligious peacebuilding serves only a heteropatriarchal neocolonialism.| Contending Modernities
Tracking flows of people, news and ideas as they interact with secular and religious dynamics.| Contending Modernities
Constructing responsive theory to understand and evaluate the dynamics of modernity.| Contending Modernities
Theological Literacy for Human Dignity Since 2017 the Madrasa Discourses project has been at the forefront of efforts to equip...| Contending Modernities
The past and future of India always redeems the violent exclusions in the present.| Contending Modernities
