• Rico Monge

    Dr. Rico Monge

    Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego

    Rico G. Monge is Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. His doctorate is in Religious Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and his research and teaching specializes in comparative Christianity and Islam, theory of religion, and continental philosophy (including political philosophy). He is currently an ordained deacon in the Eastern Orthodox Church who, in this capacity, has worked extensively in Palestinian-American Christian communities and has participated in numerous Jewish-Christian dialogues.

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“Killing an Arab”: Reflections on Loyalty to Humanity

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The title of this essay is taken from the classic song by the seminal alternative rock band, The Cure, which in turn is taken from Albert Camus’s landmark novel, The Stranger. The lyrics have been swirling in my head for weeks now. They hit me hard when I was a teenager, but they take on...... Read more.
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The War on Drugs and Systemic Racism

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The “War on Drugs” has been a bi-partisan effort spanning several decades that is one of the key components of “systemic racism” and anti-blackness in the United States and elsewhere. The roots of the War on Drugs lie in Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration and the Marihuana Tax Act of... Read more.
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