MRBlog | The Price of Patriotism
By Thomas J. Whitley Patriotism is a luxury that only the privileged can afford. For it is only the privileged who can whitewash
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First Impressions #91: Josef Sorett on A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics
Most of the major African American literary and cultural movements of the twentieth century have been understood and interpreted as secular. In reality, religion
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Utmost Malice of Their Stars: The 350th Anniversary of Annus Apocalypses — by Ed Simon
Is 2016 an apocalyptic year? And two dire Comets, which have scourg’d the Town In their own Plague and Fire have breath’d their
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Beyond the Abortion Wars: To Where? – by Kate Ott
Kate Ott on Charles C. Camosy’s Beyond the Abortion Wars The topic of abortion has been at the political forefront, dividing party lines
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Jews and Muslims in France: Rethinking a History of Conflict, Colonialism, and Coexistence – by Rachel Eva Schley
Rachel Schley on Ethan B. Katz’s The Burdens of Brotherhood For well over a decade there has been an active debate about the
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The Modern Mosaic of Science and Religion – by Donovan Schaefer
Donovan Schaefer on Peter Harrison’s The Territories of Science and Religion Are science and religion doomed to clash? Are they irreconcilable — a
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Of Witches and the Holy Spirit: Christian Film Production in Ghana – by Katrien Pype
Katrien Pype on Birgit Meyer’s Sensational Movies Nollywood is a Lagos-based film industry that has been captivating wide audiences in Nigeria and its
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An Androcentric Discipline? The Gender Troubles of Qur’anic Exegesis – by Ali Altaf Mian
Ali Altaf Mian on Karen Bauer’s Gender Hierarchy in the Qur’an Gender is a widely debated topic in contemporary Islam. Many Muslims, and
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First Impressions #90: Erik Hammerstrom on the Science of Chinese Buddhism
Chinese Buddhists saw modern science as an effective means for the investigation of knowledge but critiqued its underlying social ethic. Kristian Petersen talks
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Impolite Conversation #15: Teaching Evolution and Trump in Utah
For the month of September, Tim Hill and Dan Clanton discuss the challenges to teaching evolution with Josh Rosenau of the National Center for
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