Bridging the Ecclesial, the Academic, and the Political
Heritage Under Siege The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Theological School of Halki has been shuttered for fifty-five years—closed by laws of successive, military and civilian, governments of the Republic of Turkey law. The Halki case has long been overlooked in international media—after all, the school’s closure doesn’t meet the cynical media adage of “if it…
After the events of Euromaidan—commonly known in Ukraine as the Revolution of Dignity—in the winter of 2013–2014, Ukraine found itself not only in a state of open conflict with Russia but also undergoing a deep transformation of its national identity. Religion quickly became part of a wider public debate about sovereignty, historical memory, and the country’s geopolitical direction.
Introduction The fragmentation of meaning is arguably one of the more prominent challenges facing Global Christianity today. This challenge confuses congregants and cripples churches by offering smaller and shallower doses of knowledge at faster speeds from competing perspectives all at once. The ancient tradition of Qǝne (ቅኔ) is a remarkable example of how such fragmentation…
My daughter, Celeste, had taken me down the stairs of her home to her newly-appointed “prayer corner,” put in place since she, her husband, and their three children had converted to Eastern Orthodoxy. “What do you think?” she asked. The air held a suspicion of some smoky smell. My Protestant eyes saw rich colors and…
“Jesus looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. He said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them, for all of them have contributed out of their abundance, but she out…
“]…[I depart before the moon gathers its silverand returns it to the Lord of the heavens.I leap my great leap.Like every night, I fall like heavy light,and run like an earthquake toward the purple seaWith gaping pupilsand lips that call out to the mighty moose.” (translated from Arabic) It has been a persistent thought…
