The Intersectionalities of the "War on Drugs" and the "War on Terror."
As an inter-religious group of people of faith, theologians and students of religious studies, in 2017 we undertook research on the topic of the ‘War on Terror’ and the ‘War on Drugs,’ and explored their intersectionalities. Research demonstrated that they engender the complex integration of immigration and securitization policies in the aftermath of September 11. The "wars" are utilized to justify increased militarization of particular regions such as the Middle East and Latin America, borders, as well as target communities in the United States. Militarization also leads to increased global instability and displacement at home and abroad simultaneously leading to the oppression and ‘othering’ of communities of color, including immigrant, Muslim, and Latin American communities in the United States and have fostered a climate of hostility, racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia.
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A Comparative Feminist Theological Approach to ‘Just Care’ to Prevent Human Trafficking
This research team drew from Jewish and Christian faith traditions to prevent human trafficking and to help protect the victims through collaborative interreligious research. For their complete findings, click here.
Deuteronomic Redistribution and Confucian Well-Field Theory (井田論): An Interreligious Reflection on Food Justice and the People’s Grocery Community Garden in Oakland, California
The purpose of this paper is to provide an interreligious perspective on the moral values of community gardens, in particular the People’s Grocery located in West Oakland, California, regarding the validity of community gardens as a promotable contribution to food justice. For the full paper, click here.