The 2010 elections changed a lot about the makeup of Congress, but did they change much about American secularism? A…
Looking for God in the 2010 midterms
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Minnesota secularism gone global
Minnesota politics is a bit, well, different. But uproar over the place of religion in an election mailing may show…
God at the Filipino polls
In a country as religious as the Philippines, it would be easy to assume that clerics have a significant hand in…
“This is not a Secular State”
In taxi cabs and formal interviews, I’ve been told that the study of secularism in the Philippines is a bit…
The scope of secular comparison
As I transition my SSRC research from Senegal to the Philippines, I am constantly ruminating over the question: why compare these two…
Initial thoughts from the IWM summer school
In between my research trips to Senegal and the Philippines, I will be staying in Cortona, Italy, for a two-week summer…
Discussing mosques, minarets, and crosses
Ruthie, Grace and David here, reporting live from the IWM International Summer School in Philosophy and Politics in Cortona, Italy.…
A passing within the Senegalese Mouride Sufi brotherhood
As I depart from Senegal, a more important passing has taken place within the Mouride Sufi brotherhood. Serigne Mouhamadou Lamine…
What’s the writing on the wall?
What makes a religious political party? The question is more than semantic in Senegal. The constitution bars political parties based…
Sacred, secular, and soccer
What would FIFA President Sepp Blatter make of the Hand of God? With his declaration that there is “no room…