Teaching Through Sirens By Anna Mercedes There seems to be a general sentiment of burn out at the liberal arts college where I teach in the American Midwest. When the Chronicle for Higher Education published Read more…
Hospitality in an Era of Pandemics, War, and Climate Change By Whitney A. Bauman The western Christian Easter season has become increasingly hard for me over the years. This April marks the first anniversary of Read more…
Awakening to the Dreams of History By Laura J. Vollmer The COVID-19 pandemic has had a surprising effect: a renewed interest in dreams, as people are sleeping later and dreaming more. Dream sharing and interpretation Read more…
Body Knowledges and Practices (and the Coronavirus) By Lina Aschenbrenner Coming down with the coronavirus reminded me once again of how important it is to take seriously the role of bodies in processes of meaning-making. Read more…
A New Approach for Fighting Religious Violence By Sofia Parenti “If we’re going to successfully combat violent extremism, we’d better understand all of the factors because we can’t change minds without knowing what’s in them. Read more…
The Accidental Simplifier: On Smoking, Animals, and Happiness By Teya Brooks Pribac Truths are as good and beautiful as they promote the flourishing of multiple planetary bodies. – Whitney A. Bauman In his essay on Read more…
Decree of Death By John William Bailly Throughout history, art has been critical to the sociopolitical narrative of society. It has been used as a tool of power by governments and religious institutions, as a Read more…
Knowledge Hidden in Plain Sight By Jeff Bowersox Debates over rights, citizenship, and belonging in Germany (as elsewhere in Europe) often revolve around competing notions of history, different bodies of knowledge about the past and Read more…
Junco Politics By Richard Bohannon I came upon my first dark-eyed juncos on an early Spring afternoon in 2012, new binoculars and a tiny book of Minnesota birds in my back pocket. A small flock Read more…
Vax Skepticism and Healthy Skepticism By Michael Scaturro German media this week have been puzzling over the story of a vaccine skeptic who refused a jab and then signed a legal document to prevent doctors Read more…
