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23 February 2018

Augustine of Hippo and Algeria (2)

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Article title: “Christians celebrate restored Algeria basilica”; subtitle: “Christian pilgrims from far and wide walk 700 metres up to reach Algeria's basilica to celebrate mass” (May 2, 2014).
In the first half I looked at the life and work of St. Augustine (354-430), mostly focusing on his multiple identities and how this may have helped him carry out the momentous mission he believed God had given him. I also discussed his view of politics and the surprising fact that, considering his strong views on original sin, he seemed…
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04 February 2018

Augustine of Hippo and Algeria (1)

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“Basilica St Augustine, Annaba, Algeria – photo by Kristen Hellstrom.” Only a small part of the Roman ruins of Hippo are visible here.
St. Augustine (354-430), dubbed “Foremost Father [of the Church],” was as prolific a theologian and philosopher as he was influential, down to our day. Eminent nineteenth-century theologian and church historian, Adolf von Harnack, saw him as “the incomparably greatest man between St. Paul and the reformer Martin Luther.” Harvard law professor Mary Ann Glendon entitled her review of Jean Bethke…
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23 December 2017

Theological Reflections on the Fourth World (2)

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Members of the Anishinabek Nation sing as they enter the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s protest encampment. Photograph by Alyssa Schukar / The New York Times
Until last year, the only time Native Americans captured headlines was at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973. It was the culmination of a whole year of protests, which included sit-ins on Alcatraz Island and then at Mount Rushmore in a bid to force the federal government to honor past treaties. The standoff was organized by the American Indian Movement…
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25 October 2017

Theological Reflections on the Fourth World (1)

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The Sand Creek Massacre -- 8 Hours that Changed the Great Plains Forever
I got interested in the indigenous peoples of the world while doing research at Yale University. Though my main focus was writing about Islamic law and how modern scholars like Morocco’s Allal al-Fasi, Algeria’s Malek Bennabi, and Tunisia’s Rached Ghannouchi were recalibrating its traditional methodology and concepts, I was also reworking my dissertation into book form. I just posted in…
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