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Occasional Martyrs: Catholic Life in Nineteenth-Century China between Coexistence and Subjugation (2023)
Book Chapter
Laamann, L. (2023). Occasional Martyrs: Catholic Life in Nineteenth-Century China between Coexistence and Subjugation. In E. Brouwers (Ed.), Catholics and Violence in the Nineteenth-Century Global World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003127857-21

Catholic Christians caught up in the anti-heresy arrests of late Imperial China defended themselves as followers of a peace-loving religion, piously passed on from their parents. That they nonetheless sometimes ended up being persecuted was because t... Read More about Occasional Martyrs: Catholic Life in Nineteenth-Century China between Coexistence and Subjugation.

Outer Space in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature (2023)
Book Chapter
Hezser, C. (2023). Outer Space in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature. In E. M. Mazur, & S. MacFarland Taylor (Eds.), Religion and Outer Space (9-24). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003088264-3

Based on Jewish and Christian literature from the Hellenistic and Roman periods, Hezser examines the ways in which ancient Jews and Christians imagined outer space, the heavens and their occupants, and space travel, distinguishing between but also li... Read More about Outer Space in Ancient Jewish and Christian Literature.

“Èsù Láàlú Ọmọkùnrin Òde”: The Being in/between Aesthetic-Ethical Entanglements (2023)
Book Chapter
Bello, S. A. “Èsù Láàlú Ọmọkùnrin Òde”: The Being in/between Aesthetic-Ethical Entanglements. In P. Oloko, M. Ott, P. Simatei, & C. Vierke (Eds.), Decolonial Aesthetics II: Modes of Relating (155-161). J.B. Metzler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-66222-9_14

This paper aims to discuss the being of Èsù in/between the undercurrents of aesthetic-ethical entanglements in the contemporary artworld. It draws its critical tools from Ọ̀rúnmìlà/Yorùbá oral philosophy and explores various manifestations of Èsù in... Read More about “Èsù Láàlú Ọmọkùnrin Òde”: The Being in/between Aesthetic-Ethical Entanglements.

Reflections on Spiritual Tourism and Journeys of Self-Discovery with Jens Augspurger [interviewed by Daillen Culver and Megan Douglas] (2023)
Digital Artefact
Augspurger, J. U. Reflections on Spiritual Tourism and Journeys of Self-Discovery with Jens Augspurger [interviewed by Daillen Culver and Megan Douglas]. [Podcast]

In this episode, we speak with Jens Augspurger, PhD candidate in Religious Studies at SOAS and a doctoral fellow of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes (German Academic Foundation). Jens takes us through his curvy research journey looking at ‘s... Read More about Reflections on Spiritual Tourism and Journeys of Self-Discovery with Jens Augspurger [interviewed by Daillen Culver and Megan Douglas].

Review of: 'Social histories of Iran: modernism and marginality in the Middle East' by Stephanie Cronin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), 306 pp., £22 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-316-64125-5 (2023)
Journal Article
Biglari, M. Review of: 'Social histories of Iran: modernism and marginality in the Middle East' by Stephanie Cronin (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021), 306 pp., £22 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-316-64125-5. Middle Eastern Studies, 59(5), 857-860. https://doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2023.2223532

How Many Burmas Is Enough? Sidelining Western Imaginaries for Understanding Burma is an Important Step, But Competing Indigenous Imaginaries Also Present Problems (2023)
Digital Artefact
Charney, M. W. (2023). How Many Burmas Is Enough? Sidelining Western Imaginaries for Understanding Burma is an Important Step, But Competing Indigenous Imaginaries Also Present Problems. [Blog post]

The Western imaginary of Burma has dominated international thinking about Burma for so long partly because of the advantages Western countries have in terms of funding and power and the longevity of the educational institutions. Contemporary Burma al... Read More about How Many Burmas Is Enough? Sidelining Western Imaginaries for Understanding Burma is an Important Step, But Competing Indigenous Imaginaries Also Present Problems.