In conjunction with the one year anniversary of our launch, The Immanent Frame is cosponsoring a panel discussion this coming Wednesday, October 8, at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge. Michael Warner will speak on “Sex and secularity,” with responses from Stathis Gourgouris and Kathryn Lofton. To RSVP, email Laura Duane.
SEX AND SECULARITY
A discussion with Michael Warner
Co-sponsored by the Institute for Public Knowledge
Date & time:
October 8, 2008
6:00-6:30PM: Opening reception
6:30-8:00PM: Panel discussion and Q&A
8:00-9:00PM: Wine & cheese reception
Location:
Institute for Public Knowledge
20 Cooper Square
5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Map
RSVP required.
Jonathan VanAntwerpen is program director for theology at the Henry Luce Foundation. Originally trained as a philosopher, he received his doctorate in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-editor of a series of books on secularism, religion, and public life, including Habermas and Religion (Polity, 2013), Rethinking Secularism (Oxford University Press, 2011), The Post-Secular in Question (NYU Press, 2012), The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere (Columbia University Press, 2011), and Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age (Harvard University Press, 2010). VanAntwerpen was the founding director of the SSRC's program on religion and the public sphere, and in 2007 he worked with others to launch The Immanent Frame, serving for several years as editor-in-chief.
