Tag: Religion and society
Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
Yasmin Moll, University of Michigan
Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African...
Oklahoma OKs the nation’s first religious charter school – but litigation...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
U.S. courts have long wrestled with the extent to which government funding can...
Street scrolls: The beats, rhymes and spirituality of Latin hip-hop
Alejandro Nava, University of Arizona
As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled...
How the practice of Nichiren Buddhism sustained Tina Turner for 50 years
Ralph H. Craig III, Stanford University
When Tina Turner, often dubbed the “Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll,” died at...
Three lessons from Aristotle on friendship
Emily Katz, Michigan State University
While most love songs are inspired by the joys and heartaches of romantic relationships,...
Sunzi, ‘shì’ and strategy: How to read ‘Art of War’ the...
Scott D. McDonald, Tufts University
In the mid-1990s, I picked up the military classic “Art of War” hoping to...
What’s going on when the Virgin Mary appears and statues weep?...
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been...
Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension
Mario Orospe Hernández, Arizona State University
Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits...
