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Volume 80, issue 5, 2021

The Bible Helps Us Address Environmental Destruction and Social Injustice, Part 1: The Stories of Genesis pp. 1283-1301

Carol Frances Johnston

The Bible Helps Us Address Environmental Destruction and Social Injustice, Part 2: From Abraham to Jesus pp. 1303-1322

Carol Frances Johnston

Land Tenure and the Biblical Idea of Social Justice pp. 1323-1343

David Giesen

Biblical Sabbath as Critical Response in an Era of Global Pandemic and Climate Change pp. 1345-1380

Richard H. Lowery

Social Justice and the Hebrew Prophets pp. 1381-1404

Walter J. Houston

Swords into Plowshares as a Peace Challenge: Peace Discourse in Isaiah 2 and the Tonghak Peasant Rebellion pp. 1405-1427

Hye Kyung Park

Historical Consciousness, Part I: Origins and Characteristics pp. 1429-1454

John B. Cobb

Historical Consciousness, Part II: Responding to Racism, Ecological Threats, and the Fragmentation of Modern Universities pp. 1455-1473

John B. Cobb

Nightmares of a Dying World and the Dream of a Counter‐Apocalypse pp. 1475-1493

Catherine Keller

Volume 80, issue 4, 2021

Editor’s Introduction: Economics and the Option for the Poor pp. 1051-1059

Charles M. A. Clark

A Revolution in Catholic Thought on Poverty: Engaging the Poor Means Engaging in History pp. 1061-1086

Thomas M. Kelly

Should a Christian Party Conceive Policies in Line with the Preferential Option for the Poor? Italian Historical Experience, 1946–1993 pp. 1087-1108

Luca Sandonà and Stefano Solari

Development Policy and the Poor, Part 1: The Preferential Option for Merchants, Capitalists, and Bureaucrats pp. 1109-1129

Charles M. A. Clark

Development Policy and the Poor, Part 2: Preferential Option for the Poor pp. 1131-1154

Charles M. A. Clark

“The Poor Feel it the Most”: The Antilles Bishops, the Poor, and Climate Change pp. 1155-1172

Anna Kasafi Perkins

“Builders of a New Social Bond”: Fratelli Tutti on Good Politics and the Challenge of Inequality pp. 1173-1203

Suzanne Mulligan

Catholic Social Thought and Design Thinking: Putting the Option for the Poor into Practice pp. 1205-1231

Stephanie Ann Y. Puen

Poverty in “Transition”: 30 Years After and in the Pandemic pp. 1233-1258

Aleksandr Gevorkyan and Jacob Assa

Volume 80, issue 3, 2021

Editor’s Introduction: What Movies Teach About Race, Class, and Caste pp. 839-862

Clifford W. Cobb

In Hollywood, Representation of Marginalized People Has its Moment pp. 863-874

Michael Harrington

Land and Social Status in Movies pp. 875-886

Mark Wadsworth

Movies and the Complexity of U.S. Racial Inequity pp. 887-901

David Giesen

Disparaging vs. Recognizing the White Working Class in Friends, Desperate Housewives, and The Big Bang Theory pp. 903-913

Zhihe Wang

Representation of Caste and Class in Modern Tamil Films pp. 915-929

Radha Rajapandian, Bharathi Dhanapal and Sivakumar Iyyanar

Caste Amid Aspiration and Opportunity: Everyday Struggles of Dalits to Gain Access to Education pp. 931-947

Ajeet Kumar Pankaj

What it Means to Be a Muslim Living in India: Insights from Experience and from Bollywood Movies pp. 949-963

Mohammad Niyaz Ahmad

Social Accountability in Movies: Speculations on Legal Principle and Emotional Reasoning pp. 965-975

Yang Zhou

The “New Urban Poor” Identity: Evidence from China pp. 977-990

Chen Tong

The Marginalization of Migrant Workers Reflected in Chinese Movies and TV pp. 991-1003

Jinhua Ke, Xiaofeng Fu and Rong Hu

Denigrating Images of Migrant Workers in Two Chinese Soap Operas pp. 1005-1012

Qinghua Chu, Yu Bu and Zhixiu Lu

The Sentiments of the Marginalized in Movies: A Symptom of Chinese Society pp. 1013-1025

Kunyu Wang and Guidan Zhang

The Evil of the Buttocks: Negative Labeling of Latino Blackness Through Caribbean Music, and How They Learned to Play the Game pp. 1027-1040

Daniel Castro Aniyar

Volume 80, issue 2, 2021

Private Urban Land Tenure: Revisiting Anne Haila’s Work on its Nature, Critique, and Alternatives pp. 291-324

Franklin Obeng‐Odoom

Land and Housing in Singapore: Three Conversations with Anne Haila pp. 325-351

K. C. Ho

The Infinite Elasticity of Air: New York City’s Financialization of Transferable Development Rights pp. 353-380

Elliott Sclar

Media and the Meanings of Land: A South Korean Case Study pp. 381-425

Bokyong Shin and Chaitawat Boonjubun

Revisiting the Concept of the Property State: Private Landowners and Suburban Development in Hong Kong pp. 427-464

Yung Yau and Tin Choi Cheung

Private Landed Property and Finance: A Checkered History pp. 465-502

Josh Ryan‐Collins

Privatizing the Urban Commons Under Ambiguous Property Rights in China: Is Marketization a Remedy to the Tragedy of the Commons? pp. 503-547

Yiming Wang and Jie Chen

Agricultural Land Issues in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 549-583

Rafaelle Bertini and Abdallah Zouache

Religious Land as Commons: Buddhist Temples, Monastic Landlordism, and the Urban Poor in Thailand pp. 585-636

Chaitawat Boonjubun, Anne Haila and Jani Vuolteenaho

Waqf and the Urban Housing Question: Islamic Land Donations for Housing in Bangkok pp. 637-663

Sefer Kahraman

Urban Village Shareholding: Cooperative Economic Organization in Northeast China pp. 665-697

Haoxuan Sa

The Political Economy of Land and Reparations: The Case of Reparations for African Americans in the 21st Century pp. 699-720

A.B. Assensoh and Yvette M. Alex‐Assensoh

Government Infrastructure Investment Dividends and Urban Development pp. 721-745

John Pullen

Economic Insanity pp. 747-755

Franklin Obeng‐Odoom

Urban Development, Land Use, and Spatial Planning for Settlements: Lessons Learned from Yogyakarta City, Indonesia pp. 757-775

Rini Rachmawati

Oil Cities in Africa: Beyond Just Transition pp. 777-821

Franklin Obeng‐Odoom

The Commons in an Age of Uncertainty: A Review Essay pp. 823-833

Ulrich Duchrow

Volume 80, issue 1, 2021

Editor’s Introduction: The Crises of Higher Education in the United States and How to Solve Them pp. 11-22

Alexandra W. Lough

The University of Crisis pp. 23-51

Paul Cook

Is Higher Education Making Students Dumb and Dumber? pp. 53-77

Hershey Friedman

Neoliberalism and the Crisis in Higher Education: The Cost of Ideology pp. 79-112

Beth Mintz

The Crisis in Public Higher Education: A New Perspective pp. 113-131

Richard Cebula and James Koch

How Institutional Identity Shapes College Student Recruitment: The Relationship Between Religious Distinctiveness and Market Demand pp. 133-159

P. Jesse Rine, Joshua T. Brown and James M. Hunter

Immigration Status and Postsecondary Opportunity: Barriers to Affordability, Access, and Success for Undocumented Students, and Policy Solutions pp. 161-186

Victoria Ballerini and Miriam Feldblum

Online Education in a Pandemic: Stress Test or Fortuitous Disruption? pp. 187-203

Kenneth Ronkowitz and Lynnette Condro Ronkowitz

Choosing Transformation Over Tradition: The Changing Perception of Online Education pp. 205-229

Kenneth Ronkowitz and Lynnette Condro Ronkowitz

A Shared‐Cost‐Profit Model of Teaching Materials for Higher Education pp. 231-252

Melanie Banfield

Education Crisis, Workforce Preparedness, and COVID‐19: Reflections and Recommendations pp. 253-274

Raghu Krishnamoorthy and Keith Keating