The Role of Relics in America
11.09.2020
Sacred relics have often been a unifying force in pre-Modern societies. The Western historian Christopher Dawson relates one account of this phenomenon from Uganda:
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Has the Mormon Moment Arrived in American History?
21.02.2020
Many people in the States view Utah Senator Mitt Romney’s vote to remove President Donald Trump from office at the end of the impeachment trial early in February as being motivated mostly by personal dislike of Mr Trump.
Pope, CIA and the evangelical churches in Latin America
26.12.2019
Pope Francis will pass into history for his struggle against the Vatican establishment, his undeniable personal charisma and a revolutionary style reflected in his own apologetic style, based on his rejection of formalities and his
Doesn’t Democracy Exist?
18.12.2019
“Does democracy exist?” is a question that requires a lot of thought to answer, since there are a multitude of facts and opinions to deal with.
Magna Carta: The Nadir of Politics
Pitirim Sorokin
24.06.2019
The sociologist Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) achieved well-deserved acclaim for his grand overview of world history and culture in his four-volume work Social and Cultural Dynamics. It is Prof Sorokin’s argument there and in other similar works
American Gnosticism
29.05.2019
Protestantism was and remains at the center of life in the States, and this means that Gnosticism is also central there, for Protestantism is Gnostic at its core. The Orthodox priest Father Andrew Stephen Damick writes,
China, A Fourth Rome?
29.01.2018
As a Chinaman born in the United States, I find myself able to speak to both places and neither. By accidents of fortune, however – or of providence, rather – I have identified more with China even as I have lived my whole life in the West.
Worshipper and Politician: the relation between Sufi orders and the regime in Egypt
10.06.2017
If you want to exclude certain categories from society, in particular these categories of significance, you have to search for a substitute to fill the gaps.
The Saudis deliberately fuel religious quarrels in Africa
19.09.2016
Mojtaba Mousavi
