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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Sep 10
The Enigma of Pope Francis | Contending Modernities
That Pope Francis seemed to resist the logic of the progressive/conservative binary is an indication of how ill-equipped we are to make sense of religious actors using categories derived from a politi...
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Zohran Mamdani and Strategic Islamophobia | Contending Modernities
Islamophobia is one of the ideological currents that significantly undergirds our current world order . . . and Zohran Mamdani’s election disrupts the flow of that ideological current.
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Papal Sins Part I: Opposition to Pope Francis in the American Catholic Church | Contending Modernities
The U.S. Catholic community—numbering 53 million self-identified Catholic adults, or roughly one-fifth of the U.S. population—is complex and layered (as is the phrase “opposition to Pope Francis”).
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Aug 4
Bibles Belong to All of Us: Elizabeth Shkaman Hurd Interviews Hannah Strømmen | Contending Modernities
Taking affective investments seriously can be transformative for understanding the staying power of trends and tendencies in biblical reception.
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jul 29
The Enigma of Pope Francis | Contending Modernities
That Pope Francis seemed to resist the logic of the progressive/conservative binary is an indication of how ill-equipped we are to make sense of religious actors using categories derived from a politi...
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jul 22
The Urgency of Idolatry Critique: A Synthetic Response to Yadgar and Cavanaugh | Contending Modernities
Decolonial scholarship pushes the critique of the secular/modern beyond the analysis of idolatry by engaging with the question of religion and colonialism through a robust interrogation of racializati...
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Nation Statism and the Jewish Tradition: William Cavanaugh Interviews Yaacov Yadgar | Contending Modernities
I think it is a given that the multiplicity of human languages, traditions, practices, etc. diversify and enrich our ways of being in the world; this multiplicity is a good thing
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Critiquing the Idolatry of Nationalism: Yaacov Yadgar Interviews William Cavanaugh | Contending Modernities
The myth that we are disenchanted is a form of self-congratulation used to marginalize those who do not fit the secular paradigm
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jul 2
A Call for a New Approach to Religion and Peacebuilding | Contending Modernities
By shifting our perspective, we can uncover pathways for more equitable, locally driven peace initiatives that challenge, rather than reinforce, colonial frameworks.
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jun 27
Making America White Again | Contending Modernities
To the extent that there is a comprehensible theology underlying the Trump Administration's engagement with the world, it is not premised upon an understanding or tenet of Christianity.
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cmnd.bsky.social
@cmnd.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Trump’s Afrikaner Refugee Policy: Religious Resistance & the Palestine Factor | Contending Modernities
The resettling of Afrikaners and the shunning of South Africa makes a mockery of refugee resettlement based on international norms and the claim of genocide.
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