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- THOMAS REESE
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE says, in an article first published on Religion News Service, that Hollerich hopes the synod can develop a road map for worldwide consultation before the next session of the synod in October 2024...
Essay: Amish culture prizes peace − but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from a stop in Amish Country tourist towns
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- SUSAN L TROLLINGER
In an article first published on The Conversation, SUSAN L TROLLINGER, author of 'Selling the Amish: The Tourism of Nostalgia' and scholar of rhetoric and religion, says Amish Country tourism has long been at odds with the plain and simple life of the Amish...
Essay: Hamas was unpopular in Gaza before it attacked Israel – surveys showed Gazans cared more about fighting poverty than armed resistance
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- NATHAN FRENCH
In an article first published on The Conversation, NATHAN FRENCH, associate professor of religion at Miami University, look at what polls show about the attitudes of Palestinians in Gaza...
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- REBECCAH SOKOL, MARC A ZIMMERMAN and PATRICK CARTER
Scholars of adolescent health and firearm violence REBECCAH SOKOL, MARC A ZIMMERMAN and PATRICK CARTER outline the evidence-based steps that can be taken to address the rising number of gun deaths among the young in the US...
Essay: Cardinal Newman - pro-slavery views of prominent 19th-century cleric raise questions about his educational legacy
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- CHRIS EVANS
CHRIS EVANS, professor of history at the University of South Wales in the UK, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at what recent scholarship has revealed about the church prelate's views...
Essay: The Pakistani Government’s failure to respond adequately to terrorist threats affects citizens of all religions and beliefs
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- ELLIS HEASLEY
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says Pakistan must stop passing laws "clearly designed to appeal to Pakistan’s Muslim majority" in order to tackle the nation's terrorism crisis...
Essay: Catholic synod - three reasons why the voices of church leaders in Africa are not being heard
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- STAN CHU ILO
In an article first published on The Conversation, STAN CHU ILO, research professor in world Christianity and African studies at DePaul University, explains why there seems to be no clear African agenda articulated through African Catholic church leaders...
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- ROBERT M DYER
In an article first published on The Conversation, ROBERT M DOVER, of the University of Hull, looks at how a war in the MIddle East could impact that still going on in Ukraine...
Essay: Peace in Sudan is elusive for any would-be mediators – but a new window of opportunity has opened for outside intervention
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- HYERAN JO
HYERAN JO, a political science professor who studies civil conflicts, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at the possibility for peace in Sudan...
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- IAN PARMETER
In an article first published on The Conversation, IAN PARMETER, a research scholar at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University, provides some context for Hamas' deadly terror attack on Israel and the Israeli response...
Essay: Nobel peace prize - Narges Mohammadi wins on behalf of thousands of Iranian women struggling for human rights
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- HIND ELHINNAWY
UK academic HIND ELHINNAWY looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at Narges Mohammadi's fight for women's rights in Iran...
