Monthly archive April, 2012
Rolling the Dice: The Orthodox Church’s “Bet” on Putin
by Irina Papkova
The recent Russian elections have highlighted the complicated relationship between the Orthodox Church with both state and society. In December, prominent clergy expressed their dissatisfaction with the evidently fraudulent nature of the parliamentary election, and even patriarch Kirill made statements that could be interpreted as calling upon Putin to reform the...
The Kony2012 Family
In a statement on their website and a follow-up video released on April 5th, IC elaborates on the background behind the Kony story and encourages everyone to explore inhumane conditions throughout the world. To this end, they devised a worldwide day of action titled “Cover the Night (Make Kony Famous 2012).
Happy Birthday Zionism
Amy Levin: Given that today and tomorrow mark two extremely important national holidays in Israel beginning with Yom Hazikaron, the day of remembrance for Israeli soldiers, followed by Yom HaAtzmaut, Israel’s independence day, it seems fitting to bring the timeless debate over Zionism to the virtual table. This week, Huffpost Religion is publishing...
The World Before Her: Making Indian Women
A review of The World Before Her, now showing in the Tribeca Film Festival.
by Natasha Raheja
The opening sequence of director Nisha Pahuja’s documentary The World Before Her cuts sharply between salwar kameez and swimsuits, Marathi and English, Bombay and Aurangabad, stilettos and chappals, open hair and plaits, bhangra beats and nationalistic hymns, saffron and...
An Art Critic in Ethiopia
From Holland Cotter's article on his visit to the sunken churches of Lalibela:
A priest, in white, stood at a lectern and read aloud from an illuminated book as a European video crew fussed with sound checks, then asked him, please, to start again. To an outsider the general impression was confusing, disconcerting. Can this...
Our Rabbi
Rachel Barenblat at Velveteen Rabbi summarizes last Saturday’s Bloggercon session on religion and blogging.
4/24: Screening of Antonioni’s CHUNG KUO – CHINA, with Angela Zito
THE COLLOQUIUM FOR UNPOPULAR CULTURE presents:
CHUNG KUO - CHINA (dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1972), 208 min.
Introduced by Angela Zito
WHEN: Tuesday 24 April 2012, 6:30pm
WHERE: Room 471, 20 Cooper Square [East 5th and Bowery]
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
“Radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic faith.”
The bishops have taken nearly four years to plan their renovation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The new oversight and changes come without input from the Women Religious. The New York Times wrote yesterday:
The sisters were also reprimanded for making public statements that “disagree with or challenge the bishops, who are the...
So Long, Rowan Williams
What does Rowan Williams's resignation mean for American Anglicans?
By Daniel Schultz
Word reached us lately that the eyebrows of the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, had decided to step down at the age of 61, apparently taking the attached primate with them into an early retirement, or at least a return to the academic...
