Pope Francis and the Mediation of the Peace Accord in Colombia © Mario I Aguilar It has not been unusual for popes to become involved in helping international partners to negotiate peace accords, and in the case of…
In between other news of the war in Ukraine, the economic crisis, and the conflict between the state and church in Nicaragua, African countries get forgotten, as they usually are. The giants such as Nigeria, and the…
Nicaragua: Persecution against the People of Sandino © Mario I Aguilar Director, Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics, University of St. Andrews 26.09.2022 It is two weeks since Bishop Rolando Álvarez of…
The Rome Monti Declaration on a Shared Humanity 2022 Human societies are in crisis. Extreme weather and mass extinction are already upon us. Wars, climate disasters, and displacements are leading to acute human…
This congress will take place on 11-13 October 2022 online organised by the the following institutions: Fundación Salud Sin Fronteras (Chile) Salud Sin Fronteras Chile Nadia’s Initiative (the Foundation of Nadia Murad,…
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died today, a dear friend, a prophetic Christian and a Patron of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP) of the University of St. Andrews. He shall be remembered because of…
My contribution to the panel organised by the Hindu-Christian Society at the AAR 2021 annual meeting in San Antonio, TX that celebrated the prize awarded to this book by Professor Francis X Clooney SJ (Harvard Divinity…
The “All India Conference” organised by the CSRP and Scholars at the Peripheries will take place on Sunday 15 August (India Independence Day) and Monday 16 August. If you wanted to attend online through Teams, please…
The annual conference of Scholars at the Peripheries will take place online via Teams from Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th August 2021. Please register through this link:…
Please note that the conference has been extended one more day due to the enormous amounts of proposals that were submitted. Thus, it will start on Friday 29 October and it will end in its first phase on Sunday 31…