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John Milbank 19 October 2025John Milbank reflects on the fragility of Western liberalism, arguing that no civilization can endure without a unifying religious narrative at its core. As Christianity recedes, he warns, Western societies risk fragmentation, isolation, and a growing attraction to authoritarian models. Recovering the Christian foundations of dignity, freedom, and communal life, he suggests, is essential for the West’s future. - Editorial Board 23 October 2024The ecclesiastical ties between Russia and Ukraine are crucial to understanding the ongoing conflict and envisioning peace. Ukraine’s Orthodox community is divided, with over half aligning with the autocephalous Kyiv Patriarchate established in 2019, while 40 percent remain loyal to the Moscow Patriarchate, which views Kyiv as the birthplace of Russian Orthodoxy. Recently, all three branches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have declared independence from the Russian Orthodox Church, distancing themselves from Patriarch Kirill’s support for the war. Will faith overcome power politics and help to bring peace to the region?
- Editorial Board 21 October 2024How did religion shift from fueling division to fostering dialogue in post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina? Reset DOC’s upcoming documentary explores the pivotal role of faith in reconciliation and peacebuilding. Catch the trailer now and stay tuned for the full release!
- Mohsen Kadivar 5 April 2024“Major elements of Islamic Shari’a are human dignity, justice, fairness and freedom: there is no force, no compulsion in the case of faith and religion.” An excerpt from the first part of ResetDOC’s latest video-interview with Mohsen Kadivar, Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University, on pluralism in Islam.
- Mona Harb 29 September 2022Lebanon’s unique power-sharing system used to be celebrated as a model of effective democracy in a highly diverse context. That is no longer the case. Prof. Mona Harb (AUB) explains why in the second part of this video-interview shot on the margins of Reset DOC’s 2022 Venice Seminars, “Between State and Civil Society: Who Protects Individual Liberties and Human Dignity?”
- Massimo Campanini 15 October 2020To open the way for a fresh and reformist reading and understanding of the Qur’an, Massimo Campanini refers to the teachings of Edmund Husserl and Enzo Paci on God’s truth not being absolute but telos, an objective, a truth to be reached as as to Egyptian philosopher Hassan Hanafi’s concept that “God is not logos but praxis”” Gos is man’s action in society and in history.
- 22 July 2020Hagia Sophia, which means “divine wisdom” in Greek, has been subjected to many worldly yearnings of power and symbolism. There is no doubt that altering the status of the great church has always meant domination through control of its symbolism. President Erdogan frequently uses the Ottoman conquest and the right of the sword as part of his symbolic political vocabulary. However, there is a world of difference between the Ottoman conquest and transformation of the Church and Erdogan’s reversal of Ataturk’s decision.
- Nayla Tabbara 28 January 2019Islam calls for unity within diversity says Nayla Tabbara, co-founder of the Lebanese Adyan Foundation for Solidarity, Diversity and Human Dignity.
- Pei Wang 3 January 2019The practice of toleration with the attitude of tolerance. Interview with Pei Wang from Tsinghua University.
