News: Religion
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” […]
“Seeing-as”
July 10, 2020An outcry In a particularly disturbing scene in J.M. Coetzee’s novel, Waiting for the Barbarians, the protagonist defends four prisoners who are about to be […]
Can Catholic peacebuilders survive the pandemic?
July 2, 2020From Congo to Colombia, the Catholic Church plays an often unheralded role in peacebuilding. Will the pandemic create new opportunities for Catholic peacebuilders or will […]
In The Media
Supreme Court rules in favor of DACA, for now
June 18, 2020Erin Corcoran, executive director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, commented on the recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of DACA. “It’s a […]
In The Media
Jesuit presents book on how religion, ethics can shape refugee response
May 21, 2020A virtual event presented by the Keough School of Global Affairs and Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs was featured in […]
The Corona Hotel in Jerusalem: Is this how the light gets in?
May 18, 2020I always search for comedic relief. This is one of the reasons why I have supported the work of Noam Shuster, a Jewish Israeli with […]