In 2019, Liane Carlson wrote about a dying field (hers, the philosophy of religion). Its death arrived more rapidly than most others. She observed that the collective nature of all scholarship (“There is no intellectual work that does not take place as part of a dialogue with the living or dead”) sits awkwardly alongside the […]
The rule of law never dies
“Law, religion, and state building” features essays by leading scholars and policy analysts who consider the entanglements of law, religion, and state building across times and places—and the consequences of these entanglements for global politics and social justice.
Asian American religions: Everywhere, all at once
“Asian American religions: Everywhere, all at once” invites readers to the multiverse of religious experiences in Asian America. This set of essays, co-curated by The Immanent Frame and the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI), offers a glimpse of the vastness and complexity of Asian American religions.
Out there: Perspectives on the study of Black metaphysical religion
This forum offers “Black metaphysical religion” as an analytical historical frame to bring into view the widespread and varied occult interests and mystical orientations of Black communities in the twentieth century.
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Most-Read Essays of 2024
by The EditorsCheck out The Immanent Frame‘s ten most-read essays of 2024! This year’s essays were featured in the forums “Ruinations: Violence in these times” and “Experimental books.” Others were standalone essays, previously published on TIF but appearing this year with new introductions, or published in 2024 for the first time. Scholars address wide-ranging topics—from thinking critically about the different experiences of […]
Fall 2024 Call for Individual Essays – US Politics and Religion
by The EditorsThe Immanent Frame has been a leading platform for groundbreaking public scholarship on secularism and religion since its founding in 2007. This call invites essays that address US politics and religion, broadly construed, in contemporary or historical perspective. Essays need not address phenomena that occur specifically in the territorial United States. Global and comparative perspectives are […]
They tell the Bible so: On hermeneutical determinism
One of the largest religious schisms in American history has occurred in the last few years. Around one quarter of the 30,000 congregations in the United Methodist Church (UMC), the second-largest Protestant denomination in…
Revisited: Jesus, religion, and revolution in the South African elections
Ten years ago, I examined the entanglement of religion and politics in South Africa ahead of the 2014 national election. Today, the political landscape has shifted, yet many struggles persist. Thirty years…
Revisited: Making budgets moral again
Ruth Braunstein revisits her 2019 essay on efforts to reframe the budget as a moral concern. Her work sheds light on an active, if fragmented, network of faith leaders who reject the…
Thinking about the discourse of “religion and violence”
I have learned much from this fascinating collection of short essays. Here we find on-the-ground engagements with violence in Gaza, Christian nationalism, mass shooters in the United States, tensions between Christians and…