Our Summer Colloquium is approaching soon and we’re excited to start working with our 2026 fellows! Here’s a spotlight on a few projects they’ll be working on. #aprilcolloquium #2026aprilcolloquium #museum #religion #memory

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Our latest KtB/Commons collaboration features Zia Shahidi’s bicultural meditation on Iranian identity, exile, empire, and memory amid Western intervention and bombings of Iran. Link in below www.aprilonline.org/between-two-... #iranianamerican #iran #memory #humanrights #ktb/Commons

Irina Sheynfeld interviews artist Jeffrey Gibson about his new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, “The Animal That Therefore I Am,” on display through June 9, 2026. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/four-animal-... #animals #jeffreygibson #art #themetmuseum #indigenous

Vol. 75, no. 2 (June 2025), Articles on memory work, sacred space, multiracial artistic expression, and ethics in times of violence. Reviews engaging feminist theology, art, and reproductive agency. Link in below www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #religion #theology #ethics #culture #justice

Pragya Bhatt invites the reader into her pilgrimage to the Shri Jagannath temple in India and the implications she drew for herself as a modern Hindu. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/being-modern... #Hindu #pilgrimage #spirituality #culture #ritual

Rev. Dr. Ana Piela discusses the stoking of moral panic in Portugal and Europe over Muslim women’s decision to veil and associated face-covering bans. @annapiela.bsky.social Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/burqa-bans-a... #burqa #islam #islamaphobia #niqab #muslimwomen

📣Meet the 2026 APRIL-Summer Colloquium Fellows “Representing Religion in Museums” 20-27 June, NYC Brings together curators, community organizers, academics, and artists to explore the ways religion is represented, reified, and recreated in museums. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/april-summer...

VOL. 63, NO. 2: Women’s Human Rights—and Religion June 2013   Women’s Human Rights–and Religion By Stephanie Y. Mitchem Link below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #womensrights #womensrightsarehumanrights #humanrights #feminist #activists

Ralycia Andrews reflects on what it means to study sacred art in the Black Atlantic, objects that were never meant to be owned. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/isieni-love-... #blackatlantic #art #ritual #sacred #thecommons

From The Commons archives: Sofia Ali-Khan explores how Muslims have become central to shifting ideas of race in the United States. Despite no shared ancestry, Muslims are increasingly treated not only as a religious community, but as a racialized one. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/religious-li...

Alexandra Helene St Tellien reflects what it means to be an ethnographer of Haitian Vodou and other African heritage traditions as both a scholar and practitioner. #haïti #ethnography #africantraditionalreligion #praxis Link below: www.aprilonline.org/research-as-...

From the archive: VOL. 59, NO. 4 - The Other December 2009 Edited by Charles Henderson Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #alterity #theother #other #profane #holy

On Maundy Thursday, Micah Bucey offers “A Blessing for This Table,” a poem that reflects on tables as places of possibility, welcome, and shared becoming. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/making-table... #thecommons #table #empire #religion #cross

Rania Mustafa unpacks the history and politics of Hay`at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the post al-Assad Syrian regime, in this latest installment in the new monthly collaboration between The Commons and our sibling site, KtB. #ktbcommons #liberation #Islam #damascus www.aprilonline.org/syrias-new-o...

Check out this journal issue from our archives: VOL. 60, NO. 3 – RELIGION AND THE UNITED NATIONS September 2010 Edited by Azza Karam and Matthew Weiner www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #theun #un #religion #development #culture

Sowmya Ayyar explores the significance of the Chhati ceremony through her own experience and that of her loved ones, reflecting on its layers of care, protection, and tradition. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/yellow-cloth... #Chhati #Tradition #Newborn #IndianCulture #Milestones #SouthAsian

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For tonight’s Oscars check out these reviews: www.aprilonline.org/its-passion-... #oscars #oscarnight #religionandfilm #religion #spirituality

It’s Oscar Week, and religion abounds. ✨🎬 A series of reviews:
Hwasun Choe on Sinners
Gordon Haber on Marty Supreme
J Selke on Weapons
Minjung Noh on The Alabama Solution
Kathy Lin on Hamnet More to come. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/its-passion-... #Oscars #Religion #Film #Religion

Irina Sheynfeld interviews artist Douriean Fletcher about Black Panther, making jewelry, and making community. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/youre-here-t... #blackpanther #museums #curation #religion #spirituality

VOL. 70, NO. 1: Elections Have Consequences, edited by Stephanie Mitchem March 2020 Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #elections #consequences #justice #democracy #capitalism

APRIL is co-sponsoring the second installment in the American Academy of Religion's "Religion and America at 250" webinAAR series. Join us! aarweb.org/event/repres...

Pragya Bhatt invites the reader into her journey in an interreligious marriage. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/kashi-and-my... #interfaith #family #interreligious #pluralism #love

Photographer Patricia Bellucci contributes an abstract photo essay that meditates on how words on the street become images of solidarity and resistance. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/word-on-the-... #solidarity #resistance #photoessay #stopice #justice www.aprilonline.org/word-on-the-...

2026 colloquium: “Representing Religion in Museums” Application deadline is extended to: February 28, 2026 by 11:59 pm EST (New York time) Link in below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

VOL. 61, NO. 1 – RESISTANCE FAITH March 2011 An Invitation Not Only to Explore, But to Enjoy Editorial by Charles P. Henderson www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #activism #resistance #faith #justice

APRIL’s 2026 theme year, “Representing Religion in Museums,” explores how museums collect, care for, and interpret religion amid ongoing reckonings with colonial legacies, repatriation, cultural authority, and religious communities. Check out the events below: www.aprilonline.org/announcing-a...

Anthony B. Pinn reflects on the challenge of mourning Black lives in a society where Black life is continually under threat, as part of the 2023 Luce-funded Rothko Chapel project on spirituality and social justice. Link in Below: www.aprilonline.org/what-does-it... #blacklives #blackhistorymonth

Rev. Dr. Anna Piela identifies Islamophobia in American politics through the recent panic over Zohran Mamdani's use of the Qur'an in his mayoral inauguration. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/on-zohran-ma... #islamaphobia #history #pluralism #law #oath

VOL. 63, NO. 1: Aesthetic Theology March 2013 Edited by Charles Henderson #aesthetictheology #museums #installation #visuals Link below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-...

Dr. Swasti Bhattacharyya contributes a reflection on end-of-life ritual, “A Missed Goodbye,” the second essay in the new monthly collaboration between The Commons and our sibling site, KtB. @ktbuddha @ktbuddhamag Link below: www.aprilonline.org/a-missed-goo... #gratitude #grief #ritual #love

Application is open for 2026 colloquium: “Representing Religion in Museums” Applications are due by 11:59 pm EST (New York time) on February 20, 2026. Link in below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #museums #religioninmuseums

Read my latest in @april-cc-commons.bsky.social: www.aprilonline.org/christians-h... #Islamophobia #Islam #Christianity #Muslims

Rev. Dr. Anna Piela documents the recent rise of Islamophobia in the United States and argues that Christians have a special responsibility to confront it. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/christians-h... #islamaphobia #racisminamerica #religion #faith #americanchristianity #moralaction

Check out this CrossCurrents special issue on Theopoetics, edited by Scott Holland. #theopoetics #poetics #religion #spirituality #expression www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-...

Invitation to Reflect through Scholarly Publications on Religion and Cities The special issue will be edited by Dr. Isaiah Ellis and Dr. Harold Morales. Send submissions directly to Dr. Isaiah Ellis at [email protected]. Submissions are due December 15, 2025. www.aprilonline.org/cfp-special-...

Michael Woolf’s contribution asks: Religious institutions have incredible power in this country, but the question is how will they use it? Will they cozy up to those in power? Or will they strive to hold the state accountable? Link below: www.aprilonline.org/christian-ac...

CrossCurrents Vol. 75, no. 1 Special Issue: Trans-Spiritualities The issue invites readers to consider how spirituality and transformation are lived, embodied, and narrated within trans experience. Link Below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #translivesmatter #tdor #trans #spirituality

Poet, composer, performance artist, Sowmya Ayyar unpacks the power and meaning behind the Hindu festival of Aadi Pooram. Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/all-about-aa... #aadi #aadipooram #andal #divine #divinefeminineenergy #goddess #hindu #india #offerings #ritual ##spirituality

Commons Editor S.B. Rodríguez-Plate examines the intersections of trans identity, authenticity, authoring, and acting. Published in conjunction with Transgender Awareness Week 2025. www.aprilonline.org/against-auth... #transawareness #trans #spirituality #transidentity #authoring #acting

Coco Fusco Turns Back the Ethnographic Gaze hyperallergic.com/1055584/coco...

Irina Sheynfeld interviews artist multidisciplinary artist Coco Fusco and reviews Fusco’s new exhibit “Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island,” on view at El Museo del Barrio from September 18, 2025—January 11, 2026. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/coco-fusco-p... #multidisciplinary #art

Vol. 65, no. 4: Special Issue, Technologies of Religions Dec. 2015 Edited by Stephanie Y. Mitchem Link in below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #technologies #religious #eco #ecological #cyber #digital #ghosts #megachurch #genealogy #apocalypse #salvation

Irina Sheynfeld interviews artist Vladimir Kanevsky about his "Porcelain Garden" exhibit now featured at The Frisk Collection in New York City. Link below: www.aprilonline.org/i-take-archi... #frist #visual #visualarts #mixedmedia #design #flowerdesign #mixedmedia #nyc #porceline #vladmirkanevsky

Poet, memoirist, translator, and author Rajiv Mohabir contributes “Burning Our Nation,” the inaugural essay in the new monthly collaboration between The Commons and KtB (Killing the Buddha). Link below: www.aprilonline.org/burning-our-...

As part of KtB’s 25th anniversary, The Commons and Killing the Buddha have launched a monthly collaboration—publishing one joint post each month! #ktb/commons #collaboration #publiclife #religion #poetics #creativity #thearts #socialjustice #intersection

VOL. 70, NO. 2: PRIVACY June 2020 Edited by Yelena Mazour-Matusevich Link below: www.aprilonline.org/project/vol-... #surveillance #privacy #digitallife #visibility #solitude #interiority

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! Check out this public access CrossCurrents Special Issue: 200 Years of Johnson v. M’Intosh: Indigenous Responses to the Religious Foundations of Racism #DoctrineOfDiscovery #IndigenousPeoplesDay #indigenouspeople #sovereignty #LandBack muse.jhu.edu/issue/55074?...

Artist, dancer, author, and award winning sculptor Anthony D. Padgett explores the spiritual impact of AI and smartphones from a Hindu perspective.

 #AI #community #dance #darshan #film #Hindu #perspective #religion #ritual #Shiva #Smartphones #spirituality www.aprilonline.org/smartphone-d...