#Scholars

"Do not question a word of Bible. It is Devaninda"- Robert De Nobili.A Christian "Sanyasi", Nobili was a scholar of Sanskrit. He led life of a Hindu Sadhu, He silenced
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An appreciation thread: I've been fortunate to be a part of a number of threads that celebrate women scholars. I love these kinds of things. You know the ones I
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I’m sorry everyone. I’m sorry. I know I’m about to start yelling at people I like and respect a lot BUT....CAN WE PLEASE PUT ASIDE QUESTIONS ABOUT CITING JOOSTEN UNTIL
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The Muwattah of Imam Maalik; A reminder concerning sincerity.A BRIEF THREAD The Muwattah of Imam Maalik is one of the earliest Hadeeth books compiled by Imam Maalik himself more than
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Advice to young academics: Too much “Islamic studies” today is 3rd-rate postmodern cultural critique--lazy riffing about Muslims as a variegated bundle of racial/gender/sexual groups with "Islam" as a symbolic cultural
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Finally getting back to the terrorism studies starter kit, now that the semester has wound down. On this #scholarsunday, I'm highlighting some fantastic scholars working on organizational behavior, ideology, sub-cultures,
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New essay: ON SPARKS BEFORE THE PRAIRIE FIRE https://scholars-stage.blogspot.com/2020/10/on-sparks-before-prairie-fire.htmlMany worry about the possibility of election violence--and what that violence might escalate to.In this essay I consi
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In 1970, Grand Ayat. Sayed al-Khoei called upon scholars in Iran to rise against their government and show believers their duties towards Islam and their nation. But of course, Western
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This morning's lectionary passage includes a very famous statement of Jesus to Peter: "You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church."It has been a source of
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1/ FWIW, I think this dynamic in a slightly different space also points to one reason that I'm so uncomfortable with scholars having a side-hustle in litigation.https://twitter.com/jdmortenson/status/1279142455791751171 2/ The point
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A really common piece of advice given to scholars when talking about their research (whether in a book proposal or other context) is to answer the "so what?" question. I
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Today may or may not be Shakespeare’s birthday. Regardless, #Shakespeare studies should be open to scholars of all kinds. References for journal articles/ books should not simply rely on people
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This hinges on unnamed “people familiar” with alleged contacts. At this stage, with the Trump admin openly lying to increase US-China tensions, it’s impossible to take this seriously. Hard position
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She consistently trashed WOC and questioned their scholarship. She even described my colleague Marisa Fuentes as a "slave catcher" in the introduction to her book. Kind of amazing how white
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I am fortunate to live in a Golden Age of scholarship about race in the US. Some scholars who have made this age golden (in no order):@sociologistray@SandyDarity @tressiemcphd @DrIbram@ruha9@JoeFeagin@nhannahjones@safiyanoble@JessieNYCAnd m
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In view of the deliberate and shameful depreciation of humanities subjects people might find this interesting.https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publishing/memoirs/humanities-scholars-who-worked-military-intelligence-second-world-war/ I am
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