Sam Epps explores the formation of Boko Haram and the lesser publicized effects it has had on Nigeria.
A Passionate Education?: The Creation of Boko Haram
Rethinking American Religions: Failing to Explain America or Continually (Re)Shaping It?
This week we feature the work of Andie Alexander, a Religious Studies graduate student at University of Colorado-Boulder. She challenges us to probe narrations of the history of “American Religions.” With cutting insights into the scholarly literature, Alexander surveys scholarly claims on the past to question the politics of sophisticated selective memories. This post has been … Continue reading Rethinking American Religions: Failing to Explain America or Continually (Re)Shaping It?
Boko Haram and the Aesthetics of Violence
Garrett Clark considers the overlapping sensory experiences represented by Boko Haram’s flags, arguing that this synesthesia facilitates deep psychological violence.
The Tenure of Scriptures: Interpreting Wheaton College (Illinois)
Do Christians and Muslims worship the same god? The answer matters at Wheaton, but why does the question?
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,”… but probably reflecting a specific context.
I am not so much interested in what religions exist in Star Wars but why they may be there and why we read the “texts” the way we do. Although space is a vacuum, Star Wars was not constructed there. Instead it was constructed in a context that influenced Lucas and the rest of the moviemakers.
