Islam, Sex, and Secularism
Aaron Stauffer on Scott’s Sex and Secularism In 1903 the black socialist preacher, Rev. George Washington Woodbey wrote his first socialist pamphlet, “What to
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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 #83: Amira Jarmakani on Desert Romances and the War on Terror
Popular “desert romance” novels reveal some of the cultural logic in the construction of U.S. imperialism and the war on terror. Kristian Petersen
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First Impressions #82: Elizabeth Hayes Alvarez on the Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century American Culture
In the nineteenth-century United States, the Virgin Mary appealed to Protestants just as much as she did to Catholics. Dave Krueger speaks
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Marla Frederick on Race, Gender, Religious Broadcasting and Social Media
Nyasha Junior talks with Marla F. Frederick Dr. Marla Frederick is Professor of African and African American Studies and the Study of Religion
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Telling the Story of Women in Japanese Religions – By Jessica Starling
Jessica Starling on Ambros’s Women in Japanese Religions This spring I was invited to give a talk at a public library in Central
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Intermarriage and the Complexity of Jewish Identity – By Sarah Imhoff
Sarah Imhoff on Jennifer A. Thompson’s Jewish on Their Own Terms & Keren R. McGinity’s Marrying Out What is intermarriage? The answer seems obvious: marriage
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Conversations in Black: Alexander G. Weheliye
Monica Miller and Christopher Driscoll talk with Alexander G. Weheliye about the world of Man, racializing assemblages, and the black body. ※ Dr. Alexander G. Weheliye is
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The Spilling of Women’s Blood – By Gabino Iglesias
Gabino Iglesias on Laura Ellen Joyce’s The Luminol Reels Luminol is a chemical commonly used to give lightsticks their characteristic glow. The compound also
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