Soldiers’ strategies for survival during the First World War
Alex Mayhew’s Making Sense of the Great War examines how British soldiers coped with the horrors of the trenches during the First World War. Delving into primary sources…
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Jewish Odesa – review
In Jewish Odesa, Marina Sapritsky-Nahum explores Jewish identity in Odesa over the course of Soviet history, Ukrainian nation-building and global Jewish revivals. Combining oral histories, anthropolo…
Melissa Caldwell on her book, Living Faithfully in an Unjust World
Interview by Natalja Czarnecki https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520285842/living-faithfully-in-an-unjust-world Natalja Czarnecki: You write that inter-faith food aid organizations occupy a …
If You’re Seeing This, You Are on Ex-Mormon TikTok
You might not realise it, but you probably follow a Mormon lifestyle blogger on social media. It’s an aesthetic: the specific way knee-length dress is paired with an…
Thesis Review: Ethical Constellations of Muslim Food Practice in Mumbai
Photograph: coming soon I’m delighted to post this exciting PhD thesis review, which nicely complements the recently posted review of the book Food, Faith and Gender in South-east…
Mission By Mail: Evangelism in a Pandemic
Religion is no “opiate of the masses.” Rich and poor, educated and ignorant alike flock to the call of certainty in these uncertain times. Rather than action based…
Evangelizing in the Garden: Conservative Christian efforts to Convert Non-Believers via Urban Agriculture in US Cities
This entry is part 8 of 8 in the Anthropologies #22 series. Up next for the Anthropologies #22 Food issue we have this essay from Chhaya Kolavalli. –R.A.…
I Don’t Care What Your Beliefs about Racism Are
In the wake of several brutal and unwarranted police shootings of black men and women, and the subsequent retaliation against innocent police officers, politicians across the country have…