religious studies

In this RD10Q, Joseph Winters explores a new interpretation of hope that makes space for black melancholy and vulnerability.

Islamophobia is trending.

Black Christian public intellectuals are a vanishing group.

To the Afro-Creole Spiritualists of New Orleans, spirits were important, raced bodies were not.

The futures of tens of thousands of Turkish people still remain uncertain.

These activists have made headlines—and, in many cases, served prison sentences.

The American flag represents the nation state as a sacred entity—it serves as symbol for the nation’s self-worship.

The mainstream discourse in the West describes the “War on Terror” as a “geopolitical” mission. When we speak of terrorism, we talk about territories held and lost by “extremists” and “insurgents,”…

In 2014, NASA gave $1.1 million to the Center of Theological Inquiry , an independent institution “rooted in Christian theology.” The grant supports an initiative to study “the societal implications…

Pride celebrations continued this weekend, with major events in San Francisco, New York, and London, where two police officers were engaged, generating both support and religious denunciations. In New…