2015年春末在美国，武装的反穆斯林示威者在亚利桑那州凤凰城的一座清真寺外画了先知穆罕默德的漫画。 Kecia阿里 怀着浓厚的兴趣关注着这一轰动全球的事件。 “Clearly, Muhammad remains a flashpoint in the current American climate,” says Ali, an associate professor of religion and author of 穆罕默德的生平 (Harvard University Press, 2014). 这本书是传记的传记，展示了信徒和非信徒对先知的描绘在14个世纪里是如何演变的。

阿里说：“自从伊斯兰教兴起以来，穆斯林和非穆斯林都对穆罕默德感兴趣，并讲述了有关穆罕默德的故事。” From miracles to marriages, the life of the Prophet has been reinterpreted and rewritten by Muslim jurists and medieval Christian theologians, Washington Irving and 查理Hebdo.

穆罕默德的生平 说明了穆斯林和非穆斯林传记作家如何一直在交谈，引用，回应，并极大地影响对方，特别是自19世纪以来。 “我希望，”阿里说，“在某种程度上，这本书有助于打破文明永恒冲突的幻觉。”

Read an 对阿里的采访 about the unreliable nature of so-called facts, prevailing misconceptions about Muhammad, and how biographical narratives reflect the times.

教学平等

出柜并感到骄傲很难 在教室的前面。 When sociologist 凯瑟琳·康奈尔大学 talked with gay and lesbian teachers at schools in California and Texas, she quickly discovered homophobia wasn’t the whole story. 这位助理教授说：“我问过人们关于出柜的问题，为什么他们还没有出柜。” “这些问题引发了一种不安。” 许多新濠影汇赌场既害怕因向学生透露自己的性取向而被指责行为不当，又为未能成为榜样和为自己的性取向感到骄傲而感到内疚。

In her book, 《学校出局：课堂上的同性恋新濠影汇赌场 (University of California Press, 2014), Connell explores the dual pressures of pride and professionalism, and the complications of race, gender presentation, school communities, and the current patchwork of state and local laws. The book is “a wake-up call,” according to C. J. Pascoe, chair of the Sex and Gender Section of the 美国社会学协会, “encouraging us to think about how we might ‘queer’ schools in order to make them safer educational environments for students and teachers alike.”

阅读更多 康奈尔呼吁对课堂文化进行彻底的反思。