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To engage the Taliban, the US needs an honest debate on Sharia law
August 25, 2021Mahan Mirza, executive director of the Keough School’s Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, highlights the need for radical empathy and religious engagement as […]
Integral human development: A brief history
March 5, 2021Sometimes documents and phrases need to find their moment. When the Declaration of Independence was published in 1776, it made few ripples. Copies were lost; […]
Capitol crisis calls for a pastor-in-chief
January 15, 2021The January 6 insurrection at the Capitol in Washington, DC, is just the beginning. It came as advertised; it was televised; and the perpetrators are […]
Old cathedral fires and burning issues in integral human development
December 16, 2020Integral human development, which stands at the center of the Keough School’s mission, affirms that the dignity of the human person is not only expressed […]
Integral human development and Christian mission
November 19, 2020Phil Klay’s celebrated 2020 novel Missionaries has, despite its title, almost no missionaries in it. Set in conflict-ridden Colombia, with flashbacks to Iraq and Afghanistan, […]
A kairos moment: Prophecy and hope in the time of COVID-19
October 2, 2020On March 30, as the full reality of COVID-19 was only beginning to dawn on most of us, UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted the “disruption” […]