The Immanent Frame – Page 34 – Secularism, religion, and the public sphere

Antiblackness as religion: Black living, Black dying, and Covid-19

Distorted mirrors: Toward a clear gaze on Black suffering

January 14, 2021

Considering that this global pandemic only exacerbates the existing material, psychological, ontological, and metaphysical violence wielded by an anti-Black world, “Black joy” seems to be distorted with celebrations of American imperialism and…

January 14, 2021

Essays

Revisited: The case of religious environmentalism

Roger S. Gottlieb·

January 13, 2021

"Much has changed since this essay was published in 2008—much scary and depressing, but some—thank goodness—hopeful." In this update, Roger S. Gottlieb reflects on what has changed since this essay was first…

January 13, 2021

here & there

RFP | SSRC Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship

by The Editors

The Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal (RSDR) Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is now accepting applications for research proposals from doctoral students and recent PhD recipients for projects at the intersection of religion, spirituality, and democracy in the United States. Applications are due April 6, 2021.

January 11, 2021

Antiblackness as religion: Black living, Black dying, and Covid-19

A theodicy of the unliving, or, Why I won’t teach my Black Lives Matter class anymore

Biko Mandela Gray·

January 7, 2021

For the past three years, I have taught a course entitled “#BlackLivesMatter and Religion.” [. . .] But after this year, I doubt I will teach it anymore.

January 7, 2021

Antiblackness as religion: Black living, Black dying, and Covid-19

Ahmad Greene-Hayes·

January 7, 2021

This forum explores the white American ritual of Black death. It also ruminates on how scholars of religion reckon with antiblackness as white religion.

January 7, 2021

The politics of national identity

Revisited: Why do evangelicals vote for Trump?

Philip S. Gorski·

December 15, 2020

Four years after his initial essay, Philip Gorski revisits his title question of "Why do evangelicals vote for Trump?" in light of 2020.

December 15, 2020

Latest posts

Distorted mirrors: Toward a clear gaze on Black suffering

Revisited: The case of religious environmentalism

RFP | SSRC Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship

A theodicy of the unliving, or, Why I won’t teach my Black Lives Matter class anymore

Antiblackness as religion: Black living, Black dying, and Covid-19

Revisited: Why do evangelicals vote for Trump?