The Origins Of The Pax Christi International Movement: The Pax Christi In Regno Christi Crusade,
2025
National Center for Scientific Research/Observatory of Geopolitics and Religions
The Origins Of The Pax Christi International Movement: The Pax Christi In Regno Christi Crusade, François Mabille
The Journal of Social Encounters
The Pax Christi movement was created in 1944 by a French laywoman. Its original name was "crusade of prayers for the conversion of Germany", the term crusade referring to a very specific political and religious imagination, marked in particular by the intransigent Catholicism of the beginning of the 20th century and by a specious analysis of the origins of the Nazism. This article, resulting from a thesis devoted to the history of the movement from 1944 to 1983, reviews the genesis of Pax Christi, and its evolution during the first 5 years of its existence, from a "crusade of prayers" …
Engaging The Somali Diaspora: A Case Study Of One Agency’S Community Programming Approach,
2025
Canterbury Christ Church University
Engaging The Somali Diaspora: A Case Study Of One Agency’S Community Programming Approach, Farhia Abdi
The Journal of Social Encounters
This case study investigates how a local community agency engages with the Somali diaspora to design and implement culturally responsive services, such as the Settlement and Integration Program. It also explores the potential of fostering meaningful dialogue with community members to inform the development of culturally sensitive programming. The research question guiding this study was developed by findings from previous research, which highlighted the significance of community engagement, sustained dialogue, and the necessity for agencies to design clearly defined programs. These programs should prioritize active participation from community members in both the creation and implementation of tailored initiatives.
Hezbollah's Military Setback: From Strategic Strength To Political Dilemma—A Comprehensive Analysis,
2025
Lebanese University
Hezbollah's Military Setback: From Strategic Strength To Political Dilemma—A Comprehensive Analysis, Habib Albadawi
The Journal of Social Encounters
This study examines the unprecedented military transformation of Hezbollah from 2024 to 2025, analyzing how technological superiority and strategic constraints have fundamentally altered the effectiveness of irregular warfare organizations. Through extensive analysis of organizational adaptation, technological disruption, and external dependencies, this research investigates the paradox of how advanced military capabilities, when constrained by external dependencies, can become operational liabilities rather than strategic assets. The study employs multiple theoretical frameworks to understand this transformation and its implications for future irregular warfare.
Democracy, Rights, Historical Memory, And Interfaith Relations In The Works Of Fatima Mernissi And Asma Uddin,
2025
College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University
Democracy, Rights, Historical Memory, And Interfaith Relations In The Works Of Fatima Mernissi And Asma Uddin, Jon Armajani
The Journal of Social Encounters
The works of Moroccan-born Muslim scholar Fatima Mernissi (1940-2015) and United States-born Muslim scholar Asma T. Uddin (b. 1980) are distinctive contributions in modern conversations about the intersections of Islam, law, human and civil rights as well as historical memory and interfaith relations (AncestryLibrary, n.d.; Fox, 2015; Florida Bar, n.d.; Justia Lawyers, n.d.; Rodoski, 2011; Sadiqi, 2018).[i] Mernissi, who was a professor of sociology at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, and Uddin, who is an attorney and scholar based in the United States, are influential and delve into the intricate relationships between Islamic ideas and modern legal frameworks, …
Restorative Nostalgia And Religious Nationalism: Lessons From Srebrenica,
2025
Saint John’s School of Theology
Restorative Nostalgia And Religious Nationalism: Lessons From Srebrenica, Noreen Herzfeld
The Journal of Social Encounters
Svetlana Boym uses the term restorative nostalgia to describe a collective nostalgia, based on an idealization of the past that is used by nationalist groups to motivate their followers. When linked with religion, this type of nostalgia is particularly damaging, frequently leading to sharp ethnic or religious divisions, a demonization of the other, and even war or genocide. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina presents an example of such nostalgia on the part of the Serbs. An idealization and its resultant rhetoric on the part of Serbian political and religious figures envisioned an imagined future rooted in nostalgia for a …
An Interfaith Paradise Lost? Religion And The Memory Of The Lebanese Civil War In Postwar Novels,
2025
Haigazian University, Beirut, Lebanon
An Interfaith Paradise Lost? Religion And The Memory Of The Lebanese Civil War In Postwar Novels, Wilbert Van Saane
The Journal of Social Encounters
This essay analyzes three Lebanese postwar novels: Nathalie Abi-Ezzi’s A Girl Made of Dust, Jad El Hage’s The Myrtle Tree, and Hoda Barakat’s The Tiller of Waters. I argue that these novels narrate the memory of war with reference to religious imagery and theological structures, especially the idea of a paradise lost as described in John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost. The paradise these novels present consists of a harmonious relation between people of different faiths. The root of violence is situated in a distortion and misrepresentation of the narratives of others. The novels also include the theme of a …
Our Bare Life: The Care Manifesto, Homo Sacer, And Hannah Arendt On Memory, Spontaneous Community, And Postwar Authoritarianism,
2025
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
Our Bare Life: The Care Manifesto, Homo Sacer, And Hannah Arendt On Memory, Spontaneous Community, And Postwar Authoritarianism, Sam Grayck
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Christianity In Relation To Judaism: Historical Memory And Polemics In Constructing The Story Of Christian Faith,
2025
College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University
Christianity In Relation To Judaism: Historical Memory And Polemics In Constructing The Story Of Christian Faith, John Merkle
The Journal of Social Encounters
Throughout most of Christian history, Christians have told a replacement story: Christianity has replaced Judaism and is the one valid pathway to God. As both Judaism and Christianity are based on historical events, the story of Christian faith is inevitably told with reference to events in Jewish history, especially events recounted in the Hebrew Bible (or the Christian Old Testament) that contextualize the emergence of Christianity and situate events concerning Jesus of Nazareth within a Jewish context. But over the last seventy years or so, a growing number of Christian scholars and church leaders have acknowledged that traditional Christian ideas …
Introduction To The Special Issue On Historical Memory And Interfaith Relations,
2025
College of Saint Benedict | Saint John's University
Introduction To The Special Issue On Historical Memory And Interfaith Relations, Jon Armajani
The Journal of Social Encounters
No abstract provided.
Author Biographies,
2025
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Historical Note: The Capricious Nature Of Privanzas In Habsburg Spain: 1556-1665,
2025
University of Arkansas
Historical Note: The Capricious Nature Of Privanzas In Habsburg Spain: 1556-1665, Nathan Harkey
The Ozark Historical Review
The vast reaches of the Spanish Habsburg empire necessitated a change in court politics in order to manage day-to-day issues for the king. The answer to this problem in Spain, as in other European kingdoms, was the emergence of the privado or court favorite as a legitimate official who would ideally manage the influx of state affairs, limiting access to the king that would have been previously attainable through audiences. While the original purpose of the privado was to alleviate the countless duties of an overburdened monarch, early modern privanzas became a form of art in the expression of absolute …
Access Denied: The Poor's One-Hundred Year Long Fight For Judicial Equality,
2025
University of Arkansas
Access Denied: The Poor's One-Hundred Year Long Fight For Judicial Equality, Austin Jones
The Ozark Historical Review
This work discusses Reginald Heber Smith's Justice and the Poor and the framework that is described within to provide equal access to the judicial system. The writer posits that this goal has yet to be reached.
Consumptive Vampires: Notes On Nineteenth-Century Blood-Drinkers,
2025
University of Arkansas
Consumptive Vampires: Notes On Nineteenth-Century Blood-Drinkers, Rachel Widmer
The Ozark Historical Review
From the late 19th century, newspapers reported of incidences where blood-drinking was used as a potential cure for disease. This paper explores this report and investigates this behavior among consumptives at the time.
Fires And Protests Of Peace: The Catholic Anti-War Movement In Sixties America,
2025
University of Arkansas
Fires And Protests Of Peace: The Catholic Anti-War Movement In Sixties America, Casey Self
The Ozark Historical Review
This study reviews the history of the Catholic Peace Movement and the impact of the publication, Catholic Worker, and individuals such as Thomas Merton, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, and Dorothy Day on the anti-war movement against the Vietnam War.
Editor's Note,
2025
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Contents,
2025
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Title Page,
2025
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Ozark Historical Review, V.47, 2019,
2025
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
The Ozark Historical Review, V.47, 2019
The Ozark Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Contributors,
2025
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Out Of Orbit? European Space Collaboration In Post-Brexit Europe,
2025
University of Arkansas
Out Of Orbit? European Space Collaboration In Post-Brexit Europe, Colin Doege
The Ozark Historical Review
This paper explores the historical role of the UK within the European Space Agency in light of the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
