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Scholars and journalists tackling religion, politics and public discourse How can scholars and journalists working on the frontlines of religion, politics, and public life effectively share their insights with each other and the broader public? More importantly, how can they do so in a way that maintains the depth and complexity of their findings while…
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Terrence L. Johnson is a scholar of ethics, African American religions, and political thought. He is the author of several books, including Blacks and Jews in America: An Invitation to Dialogue (Georgetown University Press, 2022, with Jacques Berlinerblau); We Testify with Our Lives: How Religion Transformed Radical Thought from Black Power to Black Lives Matter…
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Peter Mandaville’s report charts the efforts of civil society leaders to protect democracy amid antidemocratic forces. If freedom is a constant struggle throughout the world, the Middle East and North Africa are major theaters of that struggle. How do people fight for their human and civil rights amid repressive governments and interventionist forces that manipulate…
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A book about Indonesia as a model for multicultural citizenship It is both an age-old and glaringly contemporary question: How to live peacefully within a diverse society? With the crisis of multiculturalism in the West and the failure of the Arab uprisings in the Middle East, the problem of coexistence remains at the forefront of…
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A web portal dedicated to capturing the refugee experience firsthand On this journey you never lose, even if one does not arrive, you are already a winner because you learn crazy things, how you live, how you see people, you meet people you can’t imagine, who are abandoned to live in a world in which…
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Ruth Tsuria is an associate professor at Seton Hall University’s Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts. Her research, which investigates the intersection of digital media, culture, and feminism, has been published in various prestigious academic outlets, such as the International Journal of Communication and Social Media + Society. She is the recipient of the…
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A set of international symposia and schools on religious pluralism, education and political liberties What would be the appropriate response to the rise of rigorist strands of Islamic thought in recent years? In 2018, the international association Reset Dialogues on Civilizations aimed to answer this question by launching the Reset Seminars on Pluralism in North…
