The controversy highlights a broader, escalating global movement demanding the return of African antiquities.
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You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
A roundup of The Conversation’s articles about this holy Christian season and its history.
Stormzy’s new album contains some deeply personal reflections on faith.
Malta’s St. George Preca was canonized in 2007. Pope Francis’ visit to Malta renewed attention on Preca’s life and work and how it could provide guidance for the welfare of refugees.
Like Pata-Pata, Homeless and Mbube, the song Jerusalema is elevated by a historical moment in time and has the power to cross over to different audiences.
During the coronavirus pandemic the Jerusalema dance challenge enacted a way for communities to connect - repetitive enough to be picked up and varied enough to tease.
The 17th-century plague of Italy has lessons for today: Back then, too, people broke public health laws, but there were clergymen who intervened.
A long heritage of black preachers who played an important role for enslaved people shaped Martin Luther King Jr.’s moral and ethical vision.
In their zeal to evangelize the world, at the end of 19th century, young families were sent overseas with little to no training in anything beyond the Bible and no promise of funding.
A sausage roll standing in for the Christ Child? It’s not as weird as you might think.
Africa’s broadcasters have a large role to play to ensure that country and western grows to its full potential on the continent.
The particular brand of masculinity promoted by Africa’s influential male church leaders tends to devalue women, re-inscribe male domination.
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Lecturer in Anthropology, Catholic University of Malawi
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Professor of African Studies, University of Ghana
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Professor of History and Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Penn State
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Lecturer, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
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Lecturer in Music, University of York
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Professor, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Homiletics, Howard University
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Assistant Professor, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
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Professor of History, Saint Mary's College
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FBA Professor of English Literature, King's College London
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Professor of Visual & Cultural Studies, Edith Cowan University
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PhD Candidate (Theology and Religious Studies), King's College London