Forget your story?
French sociologist Émile Durkheim made the profound argument that it is a community’s shared stories that quite literally constructed society. If we all have the same story – The Exodus, Dreamtime or Easter – we have the same values, dreams and ambitions. PICTURE: Social.Cut/Unsplash It is our common rituals, celebrations, and ceremonies that keep those […]
Interfaith relations: In Berlin, a dream of three faiths worshipping in one building meets reality
KEN CHITWOOD, writing for Religion News Service, reports on the House of One project…
Smaller protests in Myanmar as junta deploys more troops, armoured vehicles
Reuters Protesters in Myanmar kept up demands on Monday for the release of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and an end to military rule despite the deployment of armoured vehicles and more soldiers on the streets. Suu Kyi, detained since a 1st February coup against her elected government, had been expected to face […]
Essay: Colombia’s fragile peace deal threatened by the return of mass killings
In an article first published on The Conversation, CAMILO TAMAYO GOMEZ, a senior lecturer in criminology and security studies at Birmingham City University, looks at the surging violence in Colombia…