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Cultural History

The destruction of ‘un- Islamic’ edifices by ISIS and the Taliban

posted by Kevin Worrall September 13, 20214 min read250 Views

by Shivan Mahendrarajah The Taliban are back in power, ushering in renewed fears of destruction of cultural heritages. Their first…

Cultural Studies

Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies Turns 20

posted by Teri Williams July 26, 20212 min read105 Views

By Professor Tayseer Abu Odeh Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Journal…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Transcendent God, Rational World: A Māturīdī Theology

posted by Helena Heald July 15, 20219 min read174 Views

by Ramon Harvey Ramon Harvey introduces his approach to Islamic theology in his new book Transcendent God, Rational World: A…

Christianity

C. S. Lewis and His Medieval Mirror

posted by Teri Williams June 21, 20219 min read191 Views

By Erik Eklund C. S. Lewis is best known for his introductory exposition of Christianity, Mere Christianity (1952), as well…

Language and Literature

Theologies of Reading

posted by Teri Williams May 31, 20215 min read125 Views

By Laura McCormick Kilbride, Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft, and Simone Kotva Is reading a theological activity? This is a question which…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Introducing Critiquing Gender and Islam: Transnational, Intersectional and Queer Perspectives

posted by Helena Heald April 6, 20215 min read191 Views

by Nadje Al-Ali & Kathryn Spellman Poots It has been over 10 years that we have seen uprisings in the…

British History

In memory of Professor Richard Sharpe FBA, FSA, FRHistS, Hon. MRIA

posted by Teri Williams March 19, 202116 min read285 Views

17 February 1954 to 21 March 2020 By John Reuben Davies (Editor, The Innes Review) A year has now passed…

Cultural Studies

Buddhism and Cinematic Technicity-Consciousness

posted by Teri Williams February 1, 20217 min read279 Views

By Victor Fan ‘Cinematic Imaging and Imagining through the Lens of Buddhism’ (from the latest issue of Paragraph) is one…

Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Religion, Identity and Power: Turkey and the Balkans in the Twenty-First Century

posted by Helena Heald January 21, 20218 min read525 Views

by Ahmet Erdi Öztürk Religion and belief are two of humanity’s oldest identity codes. Identity is intertwined with religion and,…

Christianity

Divine Hiddenness in C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces

posted by Teri Williams January 12, 20217 min read277 Views

By Derek King C. S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces is a brilliant piece of fiction but also a mediation…

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