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Praying in the pandemic, and after

Veric, Charlie S. 2023. Praying in the pandemic, and after. Thesis Eleven, 177(1), 94–102. https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136231188178

Charlie Veric Charlie Veric

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Freedom of Religion at Stake: Competing Claims among Faith Traditions, States, and Persons

Forster, Dion A., Elisabeth Gerle and Göran Gunner. (Eds.). 2019. Freedom of Religion at Stake: Competing Claims among Faith Traditions, Sta...

Elisabeth Gerle Elisabeth Gerle Göran Gunner Göran Gunner

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Beyond the Secular: Jacques Derrida and the Theological-Political Complex

Combining insights from political theology, postcolonial and critical race theories, this project interrogates the contemporary relation between religion and politics through an exploration of Jacques Derrida’s political thought.

Andrea Cassatella Andrea Cassatella

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Exploring interpretations of the constitution and the bible as “sacred texts” in constructing (un)equal gendered environments

Culture, religion, gender, ethnicity, race and history influence processes of identity formation and social relationships.

Elisabeth Gerle Elisabeth Gerle Sarojini Nadar Sarojini Nadar
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