While Turkey’s government turns former churches like Hagia Sophia Trebizond into mosques, Byzantium’s Other Empire: Trebizond helps preserve the past rather than obliterate it.
Richard TadaSeptember 13, 2017
In memory of Michael Cromartie, who passed away yesterday, here is his speech at Providence’s launch event in November 2015.
Michael CromartieAugust 29, 2017
Ian Johnson’s The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao provides a picture of the vibrant and varied religious faith in China, demonstrating that even after Mao Zedong’s campaign against religion and the devastation of the Cultural Revolution, religion has not only reemerged in some parts of China but is thriving.
Rana Siu InbodenAugust 22, 2017
While the Daesh genocide perpetrated against Christians, Yazidis, and other religious minorities is an extreme example of religious persecution, it sheds light on the perils religious minorities have been encountering more generally in the Middle East.
Ewelina U. OchabAugust 15, 2017
July was not good for those yearning for religious freedom and other basic human rights inside the People’s Republic of China.
Alan DowdAugust 3, 2017
Despite the fact that Syria and Iraq have been struggling with humanitarian crises, the reality of Christian minorities in both countries may be worlds apart.
Ewelina U. OchabAugust 1, 2017
Despite continued violence in Sudan and the disapproval of senior members of Congress, last January President Obama signed an executive order lifting Sudan sanctions on a probationary basis.
Andrew LarsenJuly 5, 2017
Few Americans realize that Fourth of July celebrations once occurred in a place where they are now inconceivable: Pyongyang, now the capital of North Korea.
Robert S. KimJuly 4, 2017
In a world where might makes right, it is the U.S. military—not international treaties, presidential speeches, UN resolutions, protest marches, Wall Street, or Wal-Mart—that protects us from enemies who would either stamp out all faiths or force submission to one faith.
Alan DowdJuly 3, 2017