“The need to work for peace on the Korean peninsula” – link
Excellent, no-nonsense analysis and timely reframing of the ongoing US-North Korea “crisis” by Martin Hart-Landsberg. … more
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Kang In-cheol, the renowned scholar of religion and politics in Korea has just published the latest of his 5-volume series. Certainly a must read for any student of contemporary religion in Korea.… more
Map of every person counted in 2010 US Census
Map of every person counted in 2010 US Census. In the 2010 United States Census, 308,745,538 were counted, and Brandon… more
Land Diagrams – reading diagrams
A new ongoing series, Land Diagrams, pairs writers from different disciplinary backgrounds, writing in response to the same image. To… more
Thriving in academia, “living in the middle”
There are moments when you wrestle with terrible self doubt and realize that mistakes have been made — and if you are fortunate, they are balanced out by the moments in which you get to look around you and compliment yourself for a job well done. That sensation also usually does not last, in my experience, and a great deal of life is lived in the middle. It is the business of making life in the middle worthwhile that matters most, I think.… more
Religion and development in Africa
Tipped from SSRC’s The Immanent Frame blog: At African Arguments, Knox Chitiyo and Lucy Mbugua investigate the potential for faith-based… more
H-Net Review Publication: ‘Modern Korean Buddhism’
Jin Y. Park, ed. Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism. Albany State University of New York Press, 2009. ix + 382… more