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Image, made available by the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, shows students at a Presbyterian boarding school in Sitka, Alaska in the summer of 1883. (Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia via AP)

colonialism | Pope Francis

Reckoning with Re-education: Christianity’s Role in Native American Boarding Schools

American Christians must reckon with colonial history and cooperate with US government's “Road to Healing" initiative....

July 6, 2022
laicite protest

France | Islam | Islam of France | secularism | colonialism

The Problem with Freedom from Religion

Laïcité must reckon with the continuing impact of French colonial history ...

March 8, 2021

colonialism | jihad | repentance | violence

But Who's Counting?

The “Global North” is where most Sightings readers live. In his new book Crusade and Jihad (Yale, 2018), historian William R. Polk includes in this neighborhood China, Russia, Europe, Britain, and America, plus, presumably, “et cetera.” His subtitle ...

June 18, 2018

Kenya | Republican Liberty Party | anti-sodomy laws | colonialism | Wangari Maathai | homophobia | Christianity | Other Sheep Kenya | Michael Kimundu | Pembizo Christian Council | Solomon Gichira | Binyavanga Wainaina

Gay Prayer in Uhuru Park, or Christianity and LGBT Empowerment in Kenya

Christianity and LGBT Empowerment in Kenya ...

February 4, 2016

Debra Erickson | Nigeria | Goodluck Jonathan | Muhammadu Buhari | Boko Haram | John Kerry | colonialism | Biafra | Jos | pan-Nigerian nationalism | Christianity | Islam

Nigeria's Presidential Election: Will the Muslim Challenger Defeat the Christian Incumbent? by Debra Erickson

Reports from Nigeria...

March 5, 2015