Marketing Religion in the Roman Empire
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Christianity
Difference and Humanity Among Christians in Indian Slums
Liana Chua Reviews Nathaniel Roberts’ To Be Cared For Recently, a certain meme made the rounds on my (admittedly anthropologist-heavy) social media feed.
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A Star in the East: Chinese Theology
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First Impressions #102: Birgit Meyer on Ghana’s Hollywood
Christianity has greatly shaped popular filmmaking in Ghana. Kristian Petersen talks with Birgit Meyer, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utrecht,
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The Spirit of Yoruba Liberalism
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Orthodoxy as Orthopraxy in Late-Antique Christianity – By Iuliana Viezure
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The Afterlife of Desire – By Heidi Marx-Wolf
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The Death of God, Again by Ed Simon
The fullest affirmation of God comes in His denial. A young, attractive blonde woman with a fashionable pixie haircut sits anxiously in the
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The Summit of Spiritual Perfection in the Messiness of Worldly Affairs – By John Moorhead
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La Dolce Vita: Desires and Despairs of Latin American Migrants in Rome – By Hillary Kaell
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