Getting off the Merry-Go-Round: Approaching Religious Violence, Part III
The final installment of a three-part series on religious violence by Suzanne Schneider. This month: Toward an historical treatment of religious violence. Continue Reading →
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Problems with The Problem with Islam: Approaching Religious Violence, Part II
Part two of a three-part series on religious violence by Suzanne Schneider. This month: Nothing is inherent. Continue Reading →
Seeking a Whole Life: Muhammad Asad’s Critique of the Secular Self
Suzanne Schneider asks new and important questions about the life and work of Muhammad Asad. Continue Reading →
Safe Words
Abby Ohlheiser: All the religious language of the last fortnight’s Perry and Ames fest ’11 (or should that be ’12) made me click on this tweet (despite the parenthetical clue) without thinking for a second that it would be a comment on anything other than something Bachmann or Perry have talked about recently. By the way: don’t google “perry bondage.”
It was, in fact, an article about the sort of bondage with a bigger but quieter internet presence: BDSM, which stands for bondage, discipline, sado-masochisim. Continue Reading →