“Performance” features in A Universe of Terms, a project of The Immanent Frame. For information on why and how this project was curated, read the framing essay “Creating the Universe.” Visit the FAQ page for information on how to get involved.

From the Archive

Divine!
by Lucinda Ramberg (June 3, 2019)

Dangerous doubles and magical ethics
by Chris Goto-Jones (March 15, 2019)

The soulful, comic defiance of Heavenly Bodies
by Brenna Moore (September 21, 2018)

Camp conviction and the politics of religion: Or, that naked public square’s really a drag
by Anthony Petro (February 21, 2018)

Is this all there is to talk about?
by Melissa Wilcox (November 3, 2017)

Practice and performance in ritual language
by Thomas J. Csordas (May 30, 2017)

Pussy Riot’s punk prayer
by Colin Jager (September 18, 2012)

Is religion free?
by Michael Lambek (June 19, 2012)

A response to three readers
by Robert N. Bellah (February 27, 2012)

The right to truth: An interview with Eduardo Gonzalez
by Nathan Schneider (April 19, 2010)

The rules of the games
by Mark Lilla (February 14, 2008)

Play
by Mark C. Taylor (February 6, 2008)