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Why Sikhs Serve: The Tradition of Seva as Justice Inspired by Love

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Simran Jeet Singh on the Sikh tradition of justice work. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged activism, Black Lives Matter, Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Nanak, islam, islamophobia, racism, service, seva, Sikhi, Sikhism, Sikhs, Simran Jeet Singh | Leave a reply

Not Your Messiah

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Peter Lucier reflects on Veterans’ priestly role in American civil religion. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged CATHOLICISM, christianity, civil religion, militarism, military, Peter Lucier, sacrifice, Veterans, war | 7 Replies

The Call to Theory

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft reflects on recent calls for “the intellectual” and the fate of culture in the state of Trump.

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Posted in Features | Tagged Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, christianity, Critique, Culture, Dreyfus Affair, hannah arendt, journalism, Presidential Election 2016, public intellectuals, religion and culture, resistance, totalitarianism, Trump | Leave a reply

Introduction to The Revealer & Magnum Foundation Special Issue

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

A note from The Revealer‘s editor, Kali Handelman, introducing this month’s special issue, produced in collaboration with the Magnum Foundation. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged Dimi Reider, Kali Handelman, Karim Baouz, Magnum Foundation On Religion, Orlando Velazquez, Oscar B. Castillo, Sasha von Oldershausen, Solmaz Daryani, Tanya Habjouqa, Yael Martinez | Leave a reply

Sacred Space Oddity: The Un/Holy Land

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Writer Dimi Reider and photographer Tanya Habjouqa explore the places where sacred and profane meet, overlap, and blur in Israel-Palestine. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged christianity, Dimi Reider, islam, israel, Isreal-Palestine, judaism, Magnum Foundation On Religion, palestine, photography, Tanya Habjouqa, west bank | Leave a reply

Mapping the Spirit

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Kameelah Janan Rasheed‘s archival exploration of Black religious life and movement produced in collaboration with Corey Tegeler Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged Archives, ART, Corey Tegeler, islam, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Kameelah Rasheed, Magnum Foundation On Religion, Moorish Science Temple of America, Muslim, Philadelphia, photography | Leave a reply

A Sacred, Sullied Space 

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Writer Sasha von Oldershausen and photographer Solmaz Daryani collaborate in documenting religion and pollution on the banks of Iran’s Karun River. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged Iran, islam, Karun, Magnum Foundation On Religion, Mandean, Pollution, religion and the environment, Sasha vo Oldershausen, Solmaz Daryani | Leave a reply

The Blood and the Rain: Peticion de Lluvias

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Yael Martinez and Orlando Velazquez‘s collaborative exploration of traditional rituals in Guerrero, Mexico.
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Posted in Features | Tagged ART, Guerroro, Indigenous Religion, Magnum Foundation On Religion, mexico, Orlando Velazquez, photography, ritual, The Blood and the Rain, Yael Martinez | Leave a reply

Work, Spirits, and Rain

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

Anthropologist Julio Glockner on the history of traditional rituals in Guerrero, Mexico and Yael Martinez and Orlando Velazquez‘s work representing them. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged ART, CATHOLICISM, colonialism, Geurrero, Indigenous Religion, Julio Glockner, Magnum Foundation On Religion, mexico, Orlando Velazquez, photography, ritual, The Blood and the Rain, Yael Martinez | Leave a reply

The Crescent, The Cross, The Star, The Void

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Kali Handelman

A conversation with photographer Oscar B. Castillo about photographing subjects on France’s margins. Continue Reading →

Posted in Features | Tagged colonialism, France, islam, Islaomphobia, Kali Handelman, Karim Baouz, Magnum Foundation On Religion, Oscar B. Castillo, Paris, photography, secularism, The Crescent the Cross the Star the Void | Leave a reply
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