…of the role antagonism plays in dehumanization. It’s not as if Calley harbored deep-seated prejudices against the Vietnamese before the war, the framing of the conflict itself was sufficient to…
…480 BC) and Salamis (sea, 480 BC), and the destruction of Persepolis by Alexander the Great (330 BC), to which one might add the battle of Carrhae (53 BC, between…
…when scripture was written. Even if you removed all of the verses that conservatives use to condemn same-gender relationships you would have to search pretty carefully to find the handful…
…the Seer, in his vision of heavenly justice, imagines the overcoming of Roman empire, through the envisioning of a ruptured cosmic order: When he opened the sixth seal, I looked,…
…and domination, and the desperate search of millions for a better life. All colonial tendencies cannot be left at the door of white Euro-American colonisers. Ask me, a Dalit: we…
…such as nuclear disarmament, rising sea levels, or humanitarian crises, before having to cope with the catastrophic consequences of inaction? The cynic in me fears that by the time we…
…form of governmental solidarity with communities has failed to materialize. The result has not been political apathy but rather a deep-seated feeling of powerlessness to bring about political change for…
…case, ‘justice’ was dispensed by a squad of US Navy Seals, rather than by a court, violating a sovereign country unannounced and uninvited. ’Justice’, as understood by the American government,…
…the plight of South Africa at the close of another election season. According to a study published in this past May, 63 percent of South Africa’s children grow up in…
…disagrees, however, there is little reason to dismiss Luke 6:20. [iii] See The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus, New Translation and Commentary by Robert W….
…mouth speaking arrogantly” (7:8). This horn, we are told in 7:24-25 is a king who “shall speak words against the Most High … and attempt to change the sacred seasons…
…future trajectories for imperial liberalism in the season of the Long Downtown: a glimpse, that is, and a harrowing one, of the shape of power in the world to come….