Author: Wendy L Czik

Stephen Prothero in Politico Magazine

What Do Mormons and Muslims Have in Common? In casting doubt on whether Islam is a religion, Trump’s team puts a new spin on an old playbook. By STEPHEN PROTHERO March 07, 2017 It should have been a simple question: Last week, Trump counterterrorism adviser Sebastian Gorka was asked by a radio host whether the […]

Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine finalist for the PEN/ESPN Award

Onaje X Woodbine has been named to the longlist (https://pen.org/literature/2017-penespn-award-literary-sports-writing) for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing for a book he wrote based on his PhD Dissertation in the GDRS. Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball, which was published by Columbia University Press in May 2016 is the only book […]

Anthony Petro & Heather White in The Daily Free Press

BU community discusses sexuality in religion, politics December 6, 2016 1:32 am by Ellie French Heather White and Anthony Petro discuss the ties between religion and sex in the United States during a conversation Monday evening in the College of Arts and Sciences. PHOTO BY JESS RICHARDSON/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF More than 50 students […]

Kecia Ali to speak at BU Saudi Cultural Club event Dec. 3rd

“Male Authority in Islamic Jurisprudence: Qiwama and Wilaya” What are قوامة and ولاية in Islam? and how are they applied in today’s world? Professor Kecia Ali will give an overview of these two premodern Islamic legal concepts that were fundamental to the development of Muslim rules governing marriage and the mutual rights of spouses. She […]

So much for American exceptionalism: Stephen Prothero

The U.S. is now part of a global pandemic that threatens religious pluralism and minority rights. (Photo: Cerilo Ebrano, epa) USA Today Stephen Prothero 6:03 a.m. EST November 18, 2016 I went to a conference in Venice last month on the rise of strongmen, alt-right populists, and ethnic and religious nationalists in India, Turkey, Western […]

Stephen Prothero & Kecia Ali in BU Today

President Trump: What Will He Do? BU experts weigh in on portents of 2016 election By BU Today staff Unity Stephen Prothero, Professor of Religion, College of Arts & Sciences The election revealed on one level what we already knew—that the country is deeply divided over the culture wars question that has bedeviled us since […]

“Muslim Thought and Practice in South Asia: New Practices and Directions”

We are pleased to announce a very exciting upcoming conference here at Boston University to be held on October 27th and 28th: Thursday, October 27th (5:15pm): Keynote Address by Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Princeton University, on “Islam in Modern South Asia: Continuity and Change since the Early 20th Century India” Location: 121 Bay State Rd., Boston, […]