On #WorldRefugeeDay2025 read Julie Schumacher Cohen's reflections on resistance amongst religious leaders to the Trump administration's policy of admitting Afrikaner's as refugees to the US. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

Grateful for the opportunity to reflect in CM Research on how resettling of Afrikaners and the shunning of South Africa makes a mockery of refugee resettlement based on international norms and the claim of genocide.

In her poem, "God is Getting Tired," Thandi Gamedze writes, "It’s clear that God is getting tired / That God is tired / That God has been tired for twenty horrifying months / For 76 horrifying years" contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

Faith-based organizations can challenge colonial ideologies that shape the peacebuilding “harmony industry," argues Emma Tomalin of University of Leeds. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

Responding to posts on her book, Atalia Omer writes, "Positing the causality of violence in Palestine/Israel in terms of presumably competing religious claims contradicts centuries of interwoven communal life in the region." Kroc Institute contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

In a conversation with Yaacov Yadgar, William Cavanaugh discusses his book, _The Uses of Idolatry_. Cavanaugh writes, "The myth that we are disenchanted is a form of self-congratulation used to marginalize those who do not fit the secular paradigm." contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

William Cavanaugh interviews Yaacov Yadgar about _To Be a Jewish State_: "Nation-statism usurps tradition. The modern state must 'deal' with the traditions carried and practiced by those in the name of which the state claims sovereignty." contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

In her response to Yaacov Yadgar and William Cavanaugh's CM conversation, Atalia Omer reflects on the authors' conceptualization of idolatry, the relationship between Zionism and supersessionism, the limits of immanent critique, and more. Kroc Institute contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

Sarah Shortall reflects on why Francis's theology scrambles Left/Right divisions on US culture war issues, arguing that this was due to his prioritization of issues facing the Global South and to his Jesuit training. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

In part one of this CM Conversation, @bethhurd.bsky.social reflects on the various "biblical assemblages" that Hannah Strømmen investigates in _The Bibles of the Far Right_, focusing in particular on the role of "masculine maximalism" across far-right movements today. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

Fantastic book. Read my take here. 👇

RELIGION, MODERNITY, AND THE GLOBAL AFTERLIVES OF COLONIALISM is “a fine set of essays that together raise critical questions about what scholars are doing when we attempt to ‘decolonize’ a field.” ~Shannon F. Dunn #Colonialism CM Research Available now! bit.ly/3STNrHG

In the second part of their CM conversation, @bethhurd.bsky.social and Hannah Strømmen discuss the role of masculinity in far-right movements today and the importance of focusing on affect when studying them. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/theorizing-mod…

CM Co-Director Scott Appleby explores neotraditionalist Catholic critiques of Pope Francis among the laity, the clergy, and professionally organized groups for what they saw as too progressive and "pastoral" a pontificate. Keough School of Global Affairs Ansari Institute contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

Mark Lewis Taylor writes of occupation and resistance in Silwan: "Maybe as we stood there in Silwan, we were watching 'slow genocide' as a structural process, while nearby, Gazans were experiencing genocide as a stark and brutal event." contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

On Mamdani's victory in the democratic primary for NYC mayor, Sarah Eltantawi writes, “Islamophobia is one of the ideological currents that significantly undergirds our current world order...and his election disrupts the flow of that ideological current.” contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

In part II of his essay on the legacy of Pope Francis among neotraditionalist US Catholics, Scott Appleby details the four sins of which his critics claim he is guilty: downplaying sins of the flesh, pride, political heresy, and ecclesiological heresy. contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

Watch CM Co-Director Ebrahim Moosa present his lecture, "Understanding of Islam Today: Bridging Tradition with Modernity through a New Theory of Knowledge" hosted by The Institute for Ismaili Studies. youtube.com/watch?v=7IK4UY…

John and Samuel Munayer write, "For Palestinians, especially Palestinian Christians, Pope Francis’s legacy is a call to believe that even within ancient institutions and hegemonies, cracks can form, light can enter, and solidarity can emerge." contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…

David Lantigua writes, "Against both political liberalism and economic neoliberalism, Francis identified popular piety in the streets and the social function of property as antidotes to the privatization of religion and the new tyranny of money." contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-current…