The authors here challenge us to think more carefully about what responsible and responsive care looks like, and one clear through line in this issue is that “right mind” and “right relationship” go hand in hand; you cannot have one without the other. By Wendy McDowell
Black and Buddhist: In the face of white supremacy, Buddhism reteaches us how to relate to truth and to one another. By Pamela Ayo Yetunde
To avoid the continuous misassessment of their resilience, African indigenous religions should be studied on their own terms. By Jacob K. Olupona
Black and Buddhist: Contributors to this volume take refuge in embodied practice and in vibrant community. By Judith Simmer-Brown
During her year as a monk, a millennial discovers reverential awe in the midst of chaos. By Eloise Skinner
Reducing our reliance on the military and police to keep us safe starts with having revolutionary conversations. By Sarah Nahar
In an excerpt from “Gods, Guns, and Girls: Gender, Agency and Spirituality in a Congolese Rebel Movement,” the author questions assumptions about Mai-Mai indigenous practices. By Georgette Mulunda Ledgister
Memories of her Jain grandmother’s chanting lead the author to reflect on “how deliriously inside out moments can be.” By Diane Mehta
As a college chaplain adapts Yoga and Vedanta teachings to the everyday circumstances his students face, he discovers his own theology of grace. By Vineet Chander
In ordinary and extraordinary moments, college chaplains serve as ethical guides and exegetes of lived experience. By Celene Ibrahim, Elizabeth H. Aeschlimann, and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer
Four voices celebrate the publication of Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom. Buddhism offers practical tools to work through intergenerational trauma. By Cheryl A. Giles
A selected reading list of classic and contemporary memoir and autobiography from Nyasha Junior’s course.
An initiative exploring the role religion plays in the lives of resettled refugees deepens the author’s understanding of engaged chaplaincy. By Matthew Weiner
Poetry by Tolu Oloruntoba
“Maximalism” and “Lazarus, In Icons” by Jane Zwart
A Q&A with Stephanie Paulsell on her latest book, Religion Around Virginia Woolf. By Sarah Fleming
Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping explores the human response to the transient. By C. E. Morgan
Abolishing the police requires tapping into the Black radical imagination. By Marc Lamont Hill
A Nigerian protest movement offers hope for the future of transnational activism. By Oluwole Ojewale
Black and Buddhist: The Eightfold Path finds resonance in the Black church. By Melissa Wood Bartholomew
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