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DESCRIPTION:States have long imagined that borders\, bans\, and bureaucrati
 c choke points can halt the movement of people\, ideas\, and belief. Histo
 ry tells a different story. This paper examines how religious communities
 —monks\, missionaries\, minority groups\, ethical leaders\, and everyday
  believers—have repeatedly refused to let states define the limits of th
 eir world. Even in eras of surveillance\, censorship\, and political contr
 action\, these actors sustained global networks through quiet defiance\, m
 oral imagination\, and strategic adaptation.\n\nDrawing on cases across re
 gions and centuries\, the paper argues that religious networks do not mere
 ly survive border closures\; they often become more inventive\, more ethic
 ally charged\, and more globally connected when states attempt to shut the
 m down. Through underground correspondence\, itinerant scholarship\, ritua
 l exchange\, and the mobilization of moral authority\, religious communiti
 es carve out alternative pathways of connection that challenge the state
 ’s claim to control.\n\nBy centering religious freedom and ethical leade
 rship\, this paper reframes global connectivity as a form of principled re
 sistance—a moral practice enacted by communities whose commitments trans
 cend the political boundaries around them. Their actions expose the limits
  of state power and reveal a deeper truth: global interdependence is not a
  modern invention but a long-standing human refusal to stay within the lin
 es drawn for us.\n\nIn an era once again marked by rising nationalism and 
 the performance of “closed borders\,” these histories illuminate what 
 it means to be global after globalization: not a retreat\, but a reasserti
 on of moral agency by those who have always connected the world\, with or 
 without permission.
DTSTAMP:20260412T140056Z
LOCATION:Room 304 PC Desk (Seats 36)
SUMMARY:Connected in Spite of You: Religious Communities\, Ethical Leadersh
 ip\, and the Defiant Persistence of Global Networks Under State Restrictio
 n - Sarah Eltabib
URL:https://pretalx.com/wha-annual-meeting-korea-2026/talk/MLHT7R/
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