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Mark Juergensmeyer

Mark Juergensmeyer is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies at UCSB, and his latest book is God at War: A Meditation on Religion and Warfare (Oxford University Press).

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Religion Dispatches
“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would see the question as absurd. The monk, Ashin Wirathu, had been portrayed on the cover of Time magazine’s…
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Religion Dispatches
Can religious ideology really be blamed for the massacre at Charlie Hebdo? Responding to the New Yorker’s George Packer and others.
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Religion Dispatches
In his September 10th address, President Obama asserted that the Islamic State is neither Islamic nor a state. And there is some truth to both assertions. ISIS—the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham…
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