Religious Studies

Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 2 (Mehnaz Afridi)

The following is the second of a two-part series. The first can be found here. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. This novel brings me to Long’s work about descriptive and prescriptive narratives of the colonial and the New World. For example, he used […]

Religious Studies

Orientalism, Ontology, And Orientation – A Muslim Perspective On Charles H. Long, Part 1 (Mehnaz Afridi)

The following is the first of a two-part series. The full article is published in the spring 2022 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory. “America never EVER happened… we just believe in the idea that America has happened”                                     —Charles H. Long 1994, Syracuse University “Afridi, you want to control the world!  […]

Religious Studies

The Legacy Of Charles H. Long – Resisting and Short-Circuiting the Discourses Of Exclusion In The Theory And Practice Of Administration (Victor E. Taylor)

The following essay introduces the upcoming volume of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory featuring reflections on the work of renowned religious studies scholar Charles H. Long (1926-2020). It will be published in July 2022. The new universities, as research institutions, implied a new structure in the order of knowledge on both theoretical and […]