I use new teaching methods to highlight people’s work that you may have not heard of elsewhere. For example, see here. To celebrate the Chinese New Year and the work of Rachel Tanur (1958-2002), an attorney and artist taken early by cancer, I examine one of her photographs to illustrate sociological concepts. Since most human behavior is non-verbal, photography is a superb way to study it, and …
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Complicity: The Dark Side of Christian Mission
Complicity and Christian mission is an important coupling to consider. Christopher Sneller, a fellow PhD student during my time at King’s College London, has written a piece I wish to highlight. He summarizes how the tea and opium trade between China and Great Britain and the resulting humiliating Opium Wars (1839-60) damaged the “national Chinese psyche” and Western relations, including …