Reggie Nel
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You don’t bomb nations towards peace. We sit down and talk.
June 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
You don’t bomb nations towards peace. We sit down and talk.
Remembering the remarkable legacy of Pope Francis. The world is a better place because of his humble and humane witness.
April 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Remembering the remarkable legacy of Pope Francis. The world is a better place because of his humble and humane witness.
So blessed. Had an awesome time in Zim and Botswana over the Easter weekend. This has got to be the highlight.
April 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
So blessed. Had an awesome time in Zim and Botswana over the Easter weekend. This has got to be the highlight.
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Claiming that America is a “Christian nation“ while actively creating legislation that directly harms the very people Jesus called us to serve—namely the poor, the sick, the hungry, the immigrant, and the marginalized—is the height of both religious and political hypocrisy.
April 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Claiming that America is a “Christian nation“ while actively creating legislation that directly harms the very people Jesus called us to serve—namely the poor, the sick, the hungry, the immigrant, and the marginalized—is the height of both religious and political hypocrisy.
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Dr Lana Keet’s research has shown how rooibos and honeybush leaves can be combined to create a highly effective local sunscreen.
CUP OF PROMISE: Down to a tea — how Stellies graduate brought us closer to an indigenous gel to protect against skin cancer
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March 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Dr Lana Keet’s research has shown how rooibos and honeybush leaves can be combined to create a highly effective local sunscreen.
Reposted by Reggie Nel
UN chief Antonio Guterres says he is “outraged by the Israeli air strikes in Gaza” as global condemnation grows over the killing of more than 400 Palestinians, including many children.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:08 AM
UN chief Antonio Guterres says he is “outraged by the Israeli air strikes in Gaza” as global condemnation grows over the killing of more than 400 Palestinians, including many children.
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Many a (violent) conflict today is thoroughly political, but is experienced as religious (with many religious actors participating in atrocities), Brewer.
March 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Many a (violent) conflict today is thoroughly political, but is experienced as religious (with many religious actors participating in atrocities), Brewer.
Solomons: often the same text fuel peace, as well as the conflict (violence). Monotheistic religions need not to slide into violent insurgency ..
March 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Solomons: often the same text fuel peace, as well as the conflict (violence). Monotheistic religions need not to slide into violent insurgency ..
Solomons, monotheistic convictions also drive protests against totalitarianism or oppression.
March 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Solomons, monotheistic convictions also drive protests against totalitarianism or oppression.
Solomons, is all nationalisms destructive? What about an inclusive nationalisms and what about the role of faith in building inclusive?
March 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Solomons, is all nationalisms destructive? What about an inclusive nationalisms and what about the role of faith in building inclusive?
Solomons, when faith is captured by tribalism … it become totalitatian. But that can happen with any system - religious or not.
March 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Solomons, when faith is captured by tribalism … it become totalitatian. But that can happen with any system - religious or not.
Solomon, religion turns violent under certain social conditions.
March 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Solomon, religion turns violent under certain social conditions.
Brewer, monotheism can be the problem hindrance of reconciliation … that’s the paradox. It constrains peacebuilding.
March 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Brewer, monotheism can be the problem hindrance of reconciliation … that’s the paradox. It constrains peacebuilding.
Religion turns murder: 7) religious spaces becomes partisan, those othered, become targets …
March 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Religion turns murder: 7) religious spaces becomes partisan, those othered, become targets …
Religion turns murderous: 5) fusing national interests with scriptural principles, 6) belief becomes stricter, exclusive forms of “faithfulness”; 7) religion goes public as cultural and political … no pluralism … Brewer
March 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Religion turns murderous: 5) fusing national interests with scriptural principles, 6) belief becomes stricter, exclusive forms of “faithfulness”; 7) religion goes public as cultural and political … no pluralism … Brewer
What happens when religious turn murderous? 1) scriptures are weaponised; 2) beliefs are politicised .. defending political ideology; 3) faith commitment becomes cultural religion … identities are fused. Like loyalists in Ireland …
March 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
What happens when religious turn murderous? 1) scriptures are weaponised; 2) beliefs are politicised .. defending political ideology; 3) faith commitment becomes cultural religion … identities are fused. Like loyalists in Ireland …
“Holy wars” wreak itself out most particularly on women’s bodies: Brewer
March 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“Holy wars” wreak itself out most particularly on women’s bodies: Brewer
“Othering” is a key dynamic … the creation of the religious other. It often (mixed with ethnic nationalism) lead to
oppression … genocide.
oppression … genocide.
March 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Othering” is a key dynamic … the creation of the religious other. It often (mixed with ethnic nationalism) lead to
oppression … genocide.
oppression … genocide.
This stuff of Brewer is so critical for what happens in Gaza today - at this moment.
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This stuff of Brewer is so critical for what happens in Gaza today - at this moment.
Brewer: monotheistic religion there is both hope and despair … it was born in violence.
March 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Brewer: monotheistic religion there is both hope and despair … it was born in violence.
Listening to John Brewer author of Monotheism and Peacebuilding. He speaks on “Why people kill for religion?”
March 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Listening to John Brewer author of Monotheism and Peacebuilding. He speaks on “Why people kill for religion?”
Incisive analysis by Judith Butler.
‘When authoritarians promise a return to an imaginary past, they stoke a furious nostalgia in those who have no better way to understand what is actually undermining their sense of a durable and meaningful future.’
Judith Butler on anti-trans Executive Order 14168: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Judith Butler on anti-trans Executive Order 14168: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Judith Butler · This Is Wrong
We need a better understanding of the fears exploited by authoritarians: who is this ‘migrant’, so dangerous they...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Incisive analysis by Judith Butler.
The fact that the SA government are turning their backs upon our Ambassador in Washington, Ebrahim Rasool reminds us again, in politics there’s no friends, just interests. Its all powerplay.
March 17, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The fact that the SA government are turning their backs upon our Ambassador in Washington, Ebrahim Rasool reminds us again, in politics there’s no friends, just interests. Its all powerplay.