Religious Studies
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Academia is in an unprecedented crisis. Its relevance and function in the world are threatened by AI, disinformation, and public audiences’ willingness to subscribe to ideology rather than science. The survival of academics is threatened by budget cuts, the increasing number of PhD graduates, and the proportionally decreasing number of open positions. Its structural stability…
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A society’s mind, like that of an individual, tends to operate on two different levels. One is the level of preoccupation about acute, urgent issues–issues such as economical injustice, social tensions, or more generally, issues that generate contestation and incentivize political groups. These are the issues about which people get upset, and that determine the…
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In the twenty-first century, it has become common again—in the US as much as in India—to invoke religious reasons for political decisions, and to appeal to sacred scriptures or dogma as sources of secular authority. Religion is seen as a framework constituted of immediately applicable, non-problematic rules: prohibitions for food and sexuality, imposed social hierarchies,…
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I know what it takes to keep my head on straightPutting shit in my mind and body is not the wayI don’t need the drugs, I don’t need a crutchMy mind is all I’ll ever need to stay in touch Uniform Choice – “No Thanks” A paradigm shift that has been reshaping philosophy, theology, and…
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