Category: Spring/Summer 2024

Unlike Sheep to the Slaughter

To a remarkable extent, Jews refused to let themselves slide into hopeless apathy during the Holocaust By Melinda Mandelbaum Stein

Mother’s Tales, God’s Stories

The silent and implicit aspects of Qur’anic narratives elicit emotional responses from the reader that facilitate the reconstruction of the story world. By Zahra Moballegh

How to Teach about Antisemitism

The five W’s—Who, What, Where, When, and Why—guide this teacher’s thinking about crucial questions to consider when educating about historical and contemporary antisemitism. By Joshua Krug

The Smoldering Superhuman 

Jeffrey J. Kripal’s The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities calls for a “postcritical” study of religion that embraces more expansive anthropologies, ontologies, and epistemologies. By Charles M. Stang

Places of Refuge from Hate

Scholars pay careful attention to language and how it intersects with power, a skill that is dearly needed in a “post-truth” climate. By Wendy McDowell

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