Disaster-affected People's Understandings of Secular Humanitarianism
Date: | 03 March 2020 |
In today's post, Dr. Olivia Wilkinson discusses her new book, Secular and Religious Dynamics in Humanitarian Response (Routledge, 2019)
Documenting Conversion to Islam: Laughter in the Face of Trouble
Date: | 13 February 2020 |
How do women converts to Islam use humour to challenge negative stereotypes about their religion? CRCG-affiliated Research MA student, Lucy Spoliar, investigates.
Apostasy: Between the Personal and Political
Date: | 27 January 2020 |
Author: | Dr. Julia Martínez-Ariño |
Why are increasing numbers of Spaniards "apostasising," or actively removing themselves from the registers of the Catholic Church? CRCG Fellow Dr Julia Martínez-Ariño investigates.
The Problem of 'Religion' in Australia's Proposed Religious Discrimination Bill
Date: | 25 October 2019 |
Author: | Erin Wilson |
Australia is currently debating whether or not to pass a controversial bill that would outlaw religious discrimination. But does it make sense to legislate to protect "religion"? CRCG Founder and Fellow, Dr Erin Wilson, explains why such laws can do more harm than good.
Sexual well-being in the context of religious and cultural diversity
Date: | 24 September 2019 |
Author: | Dr Brenda Bartelink |
Which assumptions and stereotypes around religion and migration influence sexual health care for African migrants in the Netherlands? CRCG Fellows Drs Brenda Bartelink and Kim Knibbe investigate.
Exclusion through the Law: the Netherlands’ ‘Burqa Ban’
Date: | 16 September 2019 |
Author: | Aukje Muller |
How does an ostensibly 'neutral' law work to shore up racist notions of national belonging? Aukje Muller reflects on the Netherlands' 'burqa ban' (boerkaverbod).
Loved and hated in equal measure? The religio-political legacy of Robert Mugabe
Date: | 06 September 2019 |
Author: | Joram Tarusarira |
On the death of former President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe, CRCG Director Dr Joram Tarusarira reflects on his life and legacy.
Tradition and Contestation: Orthodoxy and Gender in Contemporary Greece
Date: | 20 August 2019 |
Mount Athos, which hosts an all-male Eastern Orthodox monastic community, is famous for an 11th-century decree banning women from entering the territory. In this post, Eline Westra examines how a disputed status quo has stood the test of time and how the new Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in his embrace of conservatism, is unlikely to change that.
Legislative Catharsis, Part Two: A Primer on Québec’s Veil Bans for Europeans
Date: | 29 May 2019 |
Author: | Muhammad Velji |
The Canadian province of Québec is currently debating Bill 21, “an Act respecting the laicity [secularity] of the State," which would ban certain public officials from performing their duties while wearing religious symbols. Although it has been widely criticized as an attack on Québec's Muslim population, the Bill retains significant public support. In the second of this two-part primer, philosopher Muhammad Velji explains how the rationale behind such a ban switched from the logic of “civic-pluralism” to a more reactionary “romantic-conservatism.”
Legislative Catharsis, Part One: A Primer on Québec’s Veil Bans for Europeans
Date: | 22 May 2019 |
Author: | Muhammad Velji |
The Canadian province of Québec is currently debating Bill 21, “an Act respecting the laicity [secularity] of the State," which would ban certain public officials from performing their duties while wearing religious symbols (and would require those seeking public services to do so with their faces "uncovered.") Although it has been widely criticized as an attack on Québec's Muslim population, the Bill retains significant public support. In this two-part primer, philosopher Muhammad Velji explains how such "veil bans" came to be thinkable in contemporary Canada, starting with the "Quiet Revolution" of the 1960s.