Monica Toft on Religion, Terrorism, and Civil War
A week before the 10th anniversay of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Prof. Monica Duffy Toft of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government joins...
View ArticleJim McGuffey on Church Security
In the wake of several highly publicized shootings, we look at how safe churches are, and what they can do to improve their safety, with Jim McGuffey, and independent security consultant with A.C.E....
View ArticleJim Papandrea on Christianity’s Seven Revolutions
What difference does a religious tradition make? If it is Christianity, Prof. Jim Papandrea of the Garrett-Evangelical Seminary at Northwestern University says it matters a great deal. Jim returns to...
View ArticleJim McGuffey on Church Security (encore presentation)
In the wake of several highly publicized shootings, we look at how safe churches are, and what they can do to improve their safety, with Jim McGuffey, and independent security consultant with A.C.E....
View ArticleAndrew Johnson on Pentecostals in Prison in Brazil
How does religion shape and affect the lives of prisoners and other marginalized people in Brazil? Dr. Andrew Johnson, a research associate with the Center for Religion and Civil Culture at the...
View ArticleWilliam Reimer on Religion & Violence in Toronto
Historians and sociologists have long been puzzled by the falling rates of interpersonal violence over the course of the past few centuries. Despite a few upticks at localized moments, murder rates...
View ArticleAndrew Chesnut on Santa Muerte
Many people are familiar with the Virgin of Guadalupe and an object of faithful devotion within Mexico, but fewer folks know about Santa Muerte, the “skeleton saint,” which has witnessed a growing...
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