“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 →