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Dr Francesca Baldwin · 8 April 2026

Manhood, Money and Survival: Rethinking Child Soldiers in Somalia

Why understanding contemporary youth militancy demands history Al-Shabaab fighters patrolling Afgooye-Mogadishu road (2025) In civil war-era Somalia in the early 1990s, global media headlines about ‘stoned teenagers’ cruising Mogadishu on jeeps mounted with machine guns became synonymous with the construction of Somalia as a ‘chaotic African country’ in which one could be killed for nothing more than ‘the clothes on your back’ (New York Times, 1992).…

Yujin Nagasawa · 16 July 2025

An Interview with Religious Studies Editor Yujin Nagasawa

Tell us about Religious Studies. When was the journal launched, and what is its scope? Religious Studies is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to the philosophy of religion, engaging with both classical and contemporary debates across a wide range of religious traditions.…

Elizabeth T. Groppe and more · 13 February 2023

The Violated Body of Christ and the Voices of Young Catholic Women

The CDC reports that more than 1 in 2 women in the US have experienced sexual violence. As the ecclesial body of Christ, the church has both a graced capacity through the power of the Holy Spirit and a moral responsibility to act…

Janice A. Thompson · 17 January 2023

“O That My Words Were Written Down!”

Attuning Job with modern poetry of disability offers an opportunity to unseat some of the easy (or ableist) connections between Job and disability and to explore the diversity of our embodied connections with one another and with God.

Daniel Minch · 24 March 2022

Pastoral Criticism, Structural Collaboration

The Roman Catholic Church has, in most historical and theological analyses, had a rather hostile relationship to liberal modernity, despite the fact that the church helped to produce the modern world and the thought patterns that continue to govern it.

Joseph Drexler-Dreis · 4 March 2022

The Meaning of Freedom and the Kingdom of God

This article contributes to the project of expressing the meaning of the kingdom of God by drawing on the practical and theoretical work of the Zapatistas as a theological mediation.

Leore Sachs-Shmueli · 10 September 2021

Maimonides’s Rationalization of the Incest Taboo, Its Reception in Thirteenth-Century Kabbalah, and Their Affinity to Aquinas

It is common to view Christian and Jewish traditions as conflicting dramatically in their attitude towards sexuality. This view is supported by the fact that Catholic traditions promote celibacy as a religious ideal, while Jewish traditions place marriage and procreation as one of the highest ethical values.…

Lydia Willsky-Ciollo · 4 June 2021

‘May we not see God?’: Henry David Thoreau’s Doctrine of Spiritual Senses

I can smell when it’s going to snow. A peculiar statement by all accounts, but for one who was reared in Bedford, Massachusetts—a town that borders Concord—snow is something of a birthright. …

Jos Moons · 3 June 2021

The Holy Spirit “Artisan of the Eucharist”?

A Critical Analysis and Evaluation of the Epicleses in the Eucharistic Prayers of the Roman Rite Jos Moons, SJ Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Tilburg University The significance of the Second Vatican Council consists, among other things, of an incipient and unfinished renewal of awareness of the Holy Spirit.…

Joseph Flipper · 20 May 2021

Pedagogy Toward Refusal

Excerpted from Pedagogical Roundtable “Teaching Antiracism” with Joseph Flipper (Bellarmine University) and Christopher Pramuk (Regis University). People often imagine the university as an institution uniquely positioned for antiracism.…

Ayse Alniacik, University of Pittsburgh · 3 April 2021

Turkey’s Withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention and Normalization of Male Violence

After decades of progressive reforms, since the early 2010s, Turkey has enacted a series of rollbacks on women’s rights and gender equality.…

Biray Kolluoglu · 15 September 2020

In a roundtable for New Perspectives on Turkey, five scholars discuss the global political economic consequences of the pandemic

It has been nine months since the “normal” has been disrupted with the emergence of a novel coronavirus and while we continue to be in the clasp of the COVID-19 pandemic the “new normal” has not ossified yet.…

Dr. Meltem Gürle · 31 July 2020

The Last of the Moderns

Adalet Ağaoğlu, one of the most prominent authors of modern Turkish literature, passed away at the age of 91 leaving behind a literary legacy that will be difficult to match for years to come.…

Christine Bucher · 21 May 2020

Theological Roundtable: The Responsibility of Theologians and Scholars of Religion to Confront Genocide

A quarter of a century has passed since the 1994 Rwandan genocide and the 1995 genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The anniversaries of these tragedies beckon us to reflect on the responsibility of theologians, scholars of religion, and religious educators to confront genocide.…

Tarek R. Dika · 30 October 2017

“Finitude, Phenomenology, and Theology in Heidegger’s Sein und Zeit”

Heidegger’s descriptions of Dasein’s “finitude” (Endlichkeit) in Sein und Zeit are based on Dasein’s experience of thrownness and mortality, and not on theology and the relation to God, methodologically suspended early on in the treatise.…

Philip A. Cunningham · 22 September 2017

Emerging Principles of a Theology of Shalom

To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council declaration, Nostra Aetate, Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia commissioned sculptor Joshua Koffman to create an original artwork called “Synagoga and Ecclesia in Our Time” for the plaza outside the campus chapel.…

Roslyn Weiss, Ph.D. · 15 September 2017

Maimonides on Perfecting Perfection

What does one do after one has reached apprehension of God? According to Maimonides in his Guide of the Perplexed, there is indeed more to be done.…

Gilberto A. Ruiz · 2 June 2017

Examining the Role of the Reader: A Necessary Task for Catholic Biblical Interpretation

In this article, I enter the discussion over what constitutes Catholic biblical interpretation to argue that in order for biblical interpretation to be “Catholic,” it must integrate hermeneutical approaches that foreground real readers within the context of lived realities.…

Marcus Hinds · 20 January 2017

“O Sweet Cautery”: John of the Cross and the Healing of the Natural World”

“O Sweet Cautery”: John of the Cross and the Healing of the Natural World” Mary Frohlich, RSCJ, Catholic Theological Union at Chicago In “The Living Flame of Love,” John of the Cross began to use the image of “cautery” to express the paradox of one act that both grievously wounds and radically heals.…

Marcus Hinds · 19 January 2017

Jesus and the World of Grace, 1968–2016: An Idiosyncratic Theological Memoir

“Jesus and the World of Grace, 1968–2016: An Idiosyncratic Theological Memoir” William L. Portier, University of Dayton, CTS president Looking back at the last five decades of my development as a theologian, I offer an impressionistic look at Catholic theology in the United States.…

Marcus Hinds · 6 July 2016

C. S. Lewis on Anders Nygren: “He has shaken me up extremely” by Dr Jason Lepojärvi, St Benet’s Hall, Oxford

Many will find it surprising to learn of the connection between C. S. Lewis and Anders Nygren. In his recent book on Lewis, Alister McGrath notes that Lewis “disconnected” himself from modern theological debates.…

Marcus Hinds · 8 February 2016

The future of the Anglican Communion: Primates, numbers, and other considerations By Daniel Muñoz

The future of the Anglican Communion hung in the air – or rather a whirlwind – of uncertainty, as Anglican Primates from around world met in Lambeth in mid-January 2016.…

Marcus Hinds · 8 February 2016

Parents Just Don’t Understand: Ambiguity in Stories about the Childhood of Jesus

“Parents Just Don’t Understand: Ambiguity in Stories about the Childhood of Jesus” Chris Frilingos, Michigan State University This article is about early Christian accounts of the family life of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.…

Susan Soule · 21 December 2015

An Interview with Ian McFarland, the new editor of Scottish Journal of Theology

Find out more about the new editor of Scottish Journal of Theology (SJT) as he offers advice to authors, discusses where he sees the journal progressing and tells us what the most exciting currents in theology are today.…

Ryan W. Davis · 5 August 2014

The authority of God and the meaning of the atonement

The 2014 Religious Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize was recently awarded to two co-winners: Daniel Kodaj, of the Central European University and Ryan W.…

Daniel Kodaj · 8 May 2014

The problem of religious evil

The 2014 Religious Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize was recently awarded to two co-winners: Daniel Kodaj, of the Central European University and Ryan W.…

Helen Bond · 19 March 2014

When did Jesus die? Memory and the Religious Imagination

In this blogpost, Helen Bond discusses her article ‘Dating the Death of Jesus: Memory and the Religious Imagination’, which was published in New Testament Studies at the end of last year (59/4).…

Susan Soule · 13 February 2014

Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign?

On February 11, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI announced that he would resign his papal office at the end of the same month.…

Andrew McGowan · 4 October 2013

The Implications of Scriptural Reasoning for Contemporary Anglicanism

Journal of Anglican Studies offers a serious scholarly conversation on all aspects of Anglicanism. This blogpost provides a précis of Andrew McGowan’s editorial piece, which introduces a special issue of the journal on Scriptural Reasoning.…

Samuel Shearn · 13 May 2013

God and Suffering: are theodicies immoral?

Samuel Shearn is studying an MPhil in Modern Theology at the University of Oxford on an Ertegun Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities.…

Martin Lembke · 24 January 2013

Martin Lembke’s ‘Omnipotence and other possibilities’ wins the 2012 Religious Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize

Dr Martin Lembke is the Associate Director of Studies at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Sweden. He was recently awarded the 2012 Religious Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize for his article ‘Omnipotence and other possibilities’ (Religious Studies 48/4).…

How long will humankind survive? Besides the fact that we have been able to eliminate ourselves with nuclear weapons for decades, even without a third world war, the challenge to take care of the resources of our planet remains; we need to use them in a way that our children and their children can have a place on Earth as well. In this blog post Andreas Losch discusses his recent review article in the International Journal of Astrobiology, The need of an ethics of planetary sustainability

Karen Stollznow · 15 November 2024

Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults

The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…

Sarah Kurnick and more · 17 March 2026

Representation Matters in Archaeology

In January, my husband and I (Sam) took our six-year-old daughter to get a flu shot at a local pharmacy. As she became increasingly bored in the waiting room, she began to offer commentary, asking the closed door, “Doctor, when are you coming out?”…

Dr Francesca Baldwin · 8 April 2026

Manhood, Money and Survival: Rethinking Child Soldiers in Somalia

Kevin Lala and more · 29 August 2025

Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is?

Even though findings from genetics and other sciences unequivocally refute biological conceptions of race, this erroneous viewpoint remains widespread among the general public.…

Karen Stollznow · 23 November 2020

How did Down syndrome get its name?

Some disability-related names have dropped out of usage, because they are now considered to be offensive due to their origins. Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) is one example.…

More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.

APSR Authors · 15 December 2020

Conversations with Authors: Institutionalized Police Brutality

This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…

Dr Dami Ajayi · 28 March 2022

Reflections on House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…

Karen Stollznow · 15 November 2024

Sluts, Bitches, and Battle-axes: women and insults

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