So if you’ve read this blog post to determine whether Star Wars is a religion, I’m sorry but this is not the blog post you’re looking for.
Forcing Religion into Star Wars: Another Episode of Scholarly Fiction
Comparing the Games We Play: The Limits of Privilege-Checking
Instead of trying to decide whether a Muslim kid of African descent really built a clock or just assembled its pieces from a hobby kit at Radio Shack, maybe we should be asking why that isn’t enough to merit recognition in a STEM-loving world with kids who've never seen a soldering iron.
Christianity Before and After Charleston
...one of the most vivid accounts of baptism in the Black Church tradition while contextualizing the role of race and Christianity in American life.
Opening Up the Conversation
Irony is pining for an audience that grows receptive in the moments when you least want to write. America's racial fault lines are opening spaces for new voices. And at times being asked to fill the prescient void with my reflections seems like a compliment, but more than a few times, I think it a … Continue reading Opening Up the Conversation
Mapping Source-Places and the Roots of Religion
Business Insider recently shared a thought-provoking video on the spread of religion around the world. Producer Alex Kuzoian used a spinning globe to map the spread of Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in under three minutes. A timeline of the last five millennia progresses in correspondence with the changing domains of each religion. Annotations … Continue reading Mapping Source-Places and the Roots of Religion
