Religion and Reconciliation: Forging Peace after War
The Clough Center for Constitutional Democracy at Boston College is screening, for the first time, two short documentaries by Reset DOC on the role of religion in reconciliation and peacebuilding. 1....
View ArticleReligion and Reconciliation in Bosnia-Herzegovina & the Balkans: A...
What role did religious communities play in the reconciliation processes after the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina? How was the divisive role of religion during the conflict gradually transformed into a...
View ArticleThe Russia-Ukraine Conflict and the Role of the Orthodox Church: A...
The ecclesiastical ties between Russia and Ukraine are crucial to understanding the ongoing conflict and envisioning peace. Ukraine’s Orthodox community is divided, with over half aligning with the...
View ArticleSilent Endorsement? Political Inaction Fuels Cow Vigilantism in Modi 3.0
On October 20, 2024, tensions erupted in Jammu, when accusations of cow smuggling triggered a violent clash, part of an escalating wave of Gau Rakshak (cow protection vigilante) aggression across...
View ArticleA Temple under a Mosque or a Classic “Divide and Rule” Reenacted?
The controversial “survey” of a mosque in the small north Indian town of Sambhal, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, sparked violent protests last month, leaving at least five people dead. The incident...
View ArticleThe Citizenship Battle Dividing Catholic America
One of the key points of Donald Trump’s new administration program is its commitment to abolish birthright citizenship (jus soli) on his first day as president, as he has declared repeatedly. This...
View ArticleMaha Kumbh Mela Stampede: Why India’s Pilgrimages Keep Turning Deadly
On January 28, 2025, a stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, India, resulted in the deaths of at least 30 people and left hundreds injured. The incident at one of the world’s largest religious...
View ArticleExiting Violence: The Role of Religion
Table of Contents Foreword V José Casanova Exiting Violence: From Texts to Religions 1 Debora Tonelli, Gerard Mannion Part I: The Analytical – Historical Approach Visions of Great Peace: Thinking...
View ArticleTheologies and Practices of Religious Pluralism in Contemporary Protestantism
5-7 PM | Waldesian Temple, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 23, Turin In occasion of Reset DOC’s research project on the Theologies and Practices of Religious Pluralism and its workshop on the Theologies...
View ArticleA Shepherd for the Poor, Peace, and Nature
A son of Argentina, cradle of populism—a rhetoric that slices facts and ideas in two, goes straight for the emotions, and makes no concessions, because right and wrong must fall clearly on one side or...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Pope Francis
The moment Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires embraced the name of Francis, the doctrinal direction of his papacy was largely decided. Following St. Francis of Assisi, the new Bishop of Rome...
View ArticleBergoglio a Populist? On the Contrary: A Pluralist and Enemy of Demagogues
Pope Francis has been labeled by his critics as a populist, a claim that must be firmly rejected—unless we are willing to define as populist anyone who cares about the problem of poverty. Such an...
View ArticleJudaism and Pluralism in the Context of Global Diversity
5:30pm – 6:45pm EDT | Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs, Healy Family Student Center Social Room To participate, please register here The event will be...
View ArticleFrom Language to Brotherhood: Francis’ Reforms in Progress
Reviewing Pope Francis’s pontificate and trying to assess it is an understandable goal, but since the Pope himself said that his priority was to trigger processes, I find it more interesting to follow...
View ArticleThe Reformist Pope
The choice of Francis as his papal name by Jorge Mario Bergoglio immediately signaled the doctrinal orientation of his pontificate. Following in the footsteps of Saint Francis of Assisi, the new Bishop...
View ArticleModi’s Waqf Bill and the Future of Muslim Endowments in India
Despite a reduced majority in Parliament, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pushed through a contentious amendment that has dealt another blow to multireligious India and enraged the...
View ArticlePope Francis and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
Jorge Bergoglio was not an intellectual in the scholarly sense, either before or after ascending to the papacy as Pope Francis. Rather, he was primarily a pastor and a shepherd. Secondarily, he was a...
View ArticleThe “Regime Change” of Trump’s Second Presidency: Political Messianism vs....
In the history of the United States, this is the era of Donald Trump. The transition from Joe Biden to Trump does not represent a normal transition of power, but rather a regime change. It marks the...
View ArticleThe Far-Reaching Stakes of the Waqf Amendment Bill
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, alongside the proposed Uniform Civil Code (UCC), underscores the Narendra Modi government’s broader plan to reshape the sociopolitical landscape, particularly that of...
View ArticlePope Leo XIV between Augustinian Tradition and Global Challenges
What will it mean to have an Augustinian at the helm of the Catholic Church? A Church followed, on paper, by a billion and a half faithful, predominantly strong in what are increasingly becoming the...
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