Indigenous Values Initiative“The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Johnson v. M’lntosh and the Doctrine of Christian Discovery” will take place on the Syracuse University campus Dec. 8-10. Its main sponsor is the Henry Luce Foundation, which awarded the University...
Sacred MattersWelcome to 7 Questions, our series where we highlight exciting scholars in the field of religion and get to know the person behind the book. For this article, we interviewed Zeynep Korkman, whose book Gendered Fortunes: Divination, Precarity, and...
State of FormationMy concept of Interfaith began to develop long before I joined the BILI Fellowship. Indeed, a diverse range of perspectives and backgrounds has always been at the center of my Sikh faith, our religion’s history, and our holy scriptures. To begin...
Original Free NationsIn our view, the claim of a right of domination, and the behaviors that follow from that claim, are the main cause of the global problems we all face. This is why opposition to that claim is a potentially unifying theme for homo sapiens. The post...
Original Free NationsOur original nation ancestors understood mountains and other geographical areas as living beings imbued with spiritual energy. Our spiritual people knew and still know how to spiritually attune and align themselves with that energy in a ceremonial...
State of FormationNanakacharya, Nanak Rishi, Guru Rimpochiya, Vali Hind, Nanak Peer, Baba Nanak are all names of Guru Nanak Sahib Ji around the world. When it comes to interfaith, the clearest example I can think of is Guru Nanak Sahib Ji’s udasiaa. He traveled on...
affecognitiveLectures on the Will to Know (Leçons sur la volonté de savoir) contains Michel Foucault’s inaugural lectures at the Collège …Continue reading →
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionGreetings, Certificate of Christian Studies – Fall 2023 Admission Now Open The Certificate in Christian Studies will be offered through Continuing Education as a partnership among the three affiliated/federated Colleges Assumption University,...
Canadian Society for the Study of ReligionGreetings, Assumption University Graduate Diploma in Catholic Studies – Fall 2023 Admission Now Open Please see attachments – Graduate Diploma in Catholic Studies Fall Poster (click to view PDF) Benefits of the Graduate Diploma in Catholic Studies...
NAASRThe Psychology Department at the University of Groningen is seeking a highly motivated candidate for a postdoc position within a project funded by the Templeton Foundation and the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, granted to Dr. Brian Ostafin and Prof. Dr....
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PRRIOver the past two election cycles, Hispanic voters have been one of the most important voting blocs, with both Republicans and Democrats attempting to win over this constituency. This once reliably-Democratic demographic has seen Republicans make...
State of FormationOver the past few months, the BILI (Building Interfaith Leadership Initiative) fellowship and my campus community at Tufts University have guided me to a new definition of interfaith work. I have learned that the richness of interfaith work emerges...
State of FormationMy interfaith evolution is a lot like the magnificent willow tree: flowing, flexible, and adaptable. I was around eight years old when I began to grasp the concept of organized religion. The momentous occasion took place in a synagogue in Miami,...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Oluwatomisin “Tomi” Oredein. “It is a form of struggle and survival, an epistemic existence-based response and practice—most especially by colonial and racialized subjects—against the colonial matrix of power in all of its dimensions, and for...
Original Free NationsThe context begins with the free existence of our Native nations and peoples, extending back to the beginning of our time through our oral histories and traditions, contrasted with the system of domination that was carried by ship across the ocean...
NAASR2023 NAASR Annual Meeting Program Exploring the “Ecologies” of Scholarship in the Study of Religion #naasr2023 ONLINE (PRE-CONFERENCE) Program Saturday, November 11, 2023 (via Zoom link) Register for the online (pre-conference) program here. MEET...
Original Free NationsThe Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code The film directed by Sheldon Wolfchild, (Dakota) and co-produced by Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee, Lenape), The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking The Domination Code is a compelling presentation...
PRRIThe U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization — which overturned the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade — still looms months after its June 2022 announcement. Abortion is generally seen as a partisan issue, as...
State of FormationGrowing up in a western suburb of Chicago, in a primarily Catholic household, I have always had a deep appreciation and love for my Guatemalan roots and a desire to help the people in my community. My upbringing and culture serve as means of...
State of FormationWhen one thinks of art, it is easy to think of one of the greats – Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nina Simone, or Pablo Picasso. Conversation, however, is also an art through which we exchange our ideas, feelings, and beliefs. Whether great conversations...
State of FormationDuring the 2016 presidential election, as the socio-political climate of the entire nation changed, I observed polarization and the creeping normalization of xenophobia in my own high school. This was the moment when I realized that something...
Original Free NationsPagans explains how Christendom's system of domination continues to be used by the United States government against Original ("Indigenous") Nations and Peoples. The post Pagans in the Promised Land Book appeared first on ORIGINAL FREE NATIONS.
Te Ture Tāhae Whenua - The Doctrine of Discovery in AotearoaPublished December 26, 2022
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Te Ture Tāhae Whenua - The Doctrine of Discovery in AotearoaThe Doctrine of Discovery (also known as the Doctrine of Christian Discovery) is an international legal concept and Christian principle, that is borne out a number of catholic laws (called "papal bulls") originating out of the Vatican in the 15th...
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Te Ture Tāhae Whenua - The Doctrine of Discovery in AotearoaWelcome to my new substack!
NAASR**DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 13TH** CALL FOR PAPERS Exploring the Transdisciplinary “Ecology” of scholarship in the study of religion The North American Association for the Study of Religion describes itself as an organization committed to “the...
Feminists Studies in ReligionBy Alejandro Escalante. A loca (“madwoman”) named Willian danced and sang boisterously as she swept the ground and lead the procession of sacred images of Santiago Apóstol in Loíza, Puerto Rico. As she swept, she blew kisses and twerked...
Culture on EdgeBy Matt Sheedy This is part-two of a two-part response to Watts and Mosurinjohn’s essay “Can Critical Religion Play by Its Own Rules? Why There Must Be More Ways to Be ‘Critical’ in the Study of Religion,” which recently appeared in the Journal of...
Culture on EdgeBy Matt Sheedy This is part-one of a two-part response to Watts and Mosurinjohn’s essay “Can Critical Religion Play by Its Own Rules? Why There Must Be More Ways to Be ‘Critical’ in the Study of Religion,” which recently appeared in the Journal of...
Indigenous Values InitiativeWe are now accepting applications for partnership and collaboration with The Doctrine of Discovery Project. We are interested in publishing original essays roughly 1,000-3,000 words in length for doctrineofdiscovery.org. Applicants must have...
Craig Martin[Note: this could be kinder, longer, more detailed, and better written, but I’m super busy and have to move on to other projects on my summer to-do list. Sorry, Galen, that my response couldn’t have been more constructive.] In “Can … Continue...
Indigenous Values InitiativeThe Healing Power of Lacrosse // March 24th 7-8PM Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse Women’s Team A conversation with Cassandra Minerd, Claudia Jimerson, Leo Nolan, and Rex Lyons. 8-9PM Haudenosaunee Nationals Lacrosse & Team Ireland Rex Lyons, and...
Englanded WorldsOpposed or Allied Magisteria? : Theologies, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences Entangled Worlds: Sovereignty, Sanctities and Soil, Recipient of the Connaught Global Challenge Initiative, aims to address issues relating to new populisms, sanctity and...
Indigenous Values InitiativeTranscript of Jake Edwards portion of the talk 1:34:35-closing. Thank you to Andrea L. Smith for the transcript. (Download as PDF)
Englanded WorldsInThe Charismatic Gymnasium, Maria José de Abreu examines how Charismatic Catholicism in contemporary Brazil produces a new form of total power through a concatenation of the breathing body, theology, and electronic mass media. De Abreu documents a...
Englanded WorldsThe Privilege of Being Banal January 20th 2022, 12 – 2pm Register The Charismatic Gymnasium February 28th, 2022; 12 – 2pm Register The Connaught Global Challenge Initiative, Entangled Worlds: Sovereignty, Sanctities and Soil is pleased to present...
Indigenous Values InitiativeFund the Onondaga Nation School Act Now to Support Indigenous Schools New York State has consistently underfunded the three schools serving Indigenous students on their own nations for decades er=”2px” tcolor=”#ffffff” bcolor=”#8224e3″...
Englanded Worldsby Samuel Huard As an enterprise for which universality is a fundamental and continuous project, the Catholic Church has continuously expanded its presence across the world. Religious orders played – and still play – an active role in this...
Englanded Worldsby Valeria Vergani On October 30th, 2020, the Holy Infrastructures Reading Group met to discuss the interplay of two theoretical essays framed around issues of economy, sovereignty, and sociality through the nexus of material religion. The first...
Englanded Worldsby Valeria Vergani Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, September 19th & September 20th, 2019 This two-day workshop, titled “Soil, Space and Place: Sacralizing New Nationalisms and Sense of Belonging” brought...
Englanded Worldsby Sophia Jaworski Alumni Hall, Victoria College, University of Toronto, January 17th & 18th, 2019 The Connaught Initiative, Entangled Worlds: Sovereignty, Sanctities and Soil emerged from an ethnographic moment, an emplacement in Toronto’s...
Culture on EdgeExciting news from Edge member Matt Sheedy: his new book Owning the Secular: Religious Symbols, Culture Wars, Western Fragility (Routledge, 2021) has just been published! From the Routledge site: Drawing on theories of discourse analysis and...
Indigenous Values InitiativeIn 2014 Dr. David Wilkins (Lumbee) published an essay titled “Deconstructing the Doctrine of Discovery.” (here) and Steven T. Newcomb responded with a piece titled “Toward Disestablishing the Doctrine of Christian Domination” (here). The...
Original Free NationsBy Steven Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) The Apache Stronghold case, regarding the Apache Sacred Site (Chi’ Chil Bildagoteel) called “Oak Flat,” is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case has created global publicity, and a number of...
Culture on EdgeRecently, when I was searching books on Amazon, the site recommended Fabricating Identities — the 3rd volume in the Working with Culture on the Edge book series, edited by Vaia Touna — as a “book of interest” for me. When the Amazon page for the...