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Tag Archives: Christian
What kind of ‘minorities’ are the Christians of the Middle East?
This is a comment by Dr Harry Hagopian on issues raised in an earlier article by Michael Marten here on the CR blog, and on Ekklesia. Dr Hagopian is an international lawyer, ecumenist and EU political consultant. He also acts … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, clash of civilisations, Critical Religion, Jew, Middle East, Muslim, religion
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Christians as ‘minorities’ in the Middle East?
Many attempts to think about the population groupings in the contemporary Middle East, however that is defined, tend away from terms related to nation-states – a relatively new creation, often on the part of colonial powers – towards other forms … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, church, clash of civilisations, Critical Religion, Jew, Middle East, Muslim, religion
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The murder of Osama bin Laden – the end of the beginning of the clash of civilisations?
This morning I awoke to the news that Osama bin Laden was dead, murdered by the United States of America in a what appears to have been a heavily fortified compound in Pakistan; more precise details will no doubt emerge … Continue reading
A polemic on the World Interfaith Harmony Week
On 26.10.2010, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously to create World Interfaith Harmony Week, a resolution first proposed by King Abdullah II of Jordan, who, together with his brother Prince Hassan, has long been a proponent of such things, … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhist, Christian, Critical Religion, Hindu, interfaith dialogue, Jew, Muslim, religion, United Nations
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Praying For Japan
Kat Neumann is writing her PhD under Andrew Hass and Alison Jasper. After the catastrophic events in Japan, the language of secular politics and news reports on the economic and political impact on food supplies, the stock market, rising flight … Continue reading
Performative prayer and ‘comparing’ religion
It is often acknowledged that Christian tradition in what we commonly call ‘the West’ was transformed after the Roman Emperor Constantine became a Christian: what had been a subversive and marginalised practice originating with a poor man at the insignificant … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, Critical Religion, Egypt, global, Muslim, performance, prayer, religion
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Some thoughts on body shame and plastic surgery…
There is little if anything that is straightforward or indeed ‘natural’ about body. It is a cultural canvas constructed through metaphors: from Socrates’ and Plato’s view of it as a prison for the soul, to the Apostle Paul’s invocation of … Continue reading
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Tagged body, Christian, Critical Religion, gender, power
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