...religion may be extinct in a few generations because the utility of religious non-adherence is greater than the utility to be expected from religious adherence. In the latest installment of...
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Hindutva appropriations of indigeneity
...Hindu nationalist activities. In the first instance, Hindu nationalists seek to appropriate Adivasi indigeneity, with profound ethical and material consequences. As per the Indian census, Adivasi communities constitute more than...
What inspires us & what holds us together
by Charles Taylor...these are independentists, but it would be a mistake to see all independentists in this light). We need another solution. Will we make it? Stay tuned for the next installment....
Roy reviewed
by Justin Reynolds...holy ignorance, such as Pentecostalism, avoids political extremism while other forms do not: Many adherents of Salafist Islam, for instance, endorse violence in the name of fidelity to the Prophet....
The philosophy of Templeton
by Wei Zhu...they receive are often meant just to buy them time—a semester away from teaching to write a book or a paper, for instance—or to foster discussion through conferences. The National...
Out of time
by Mona Oraby...that didn’t stand a chance at rebellion. “Are you Jewish?” * * * Yael Bartana’s twenty-two-minute video installation, Inferno, is a visual and auditory masterpiece whose epic soundtrack would likely...
Neoliberalism and ambient apocalypse
...evoked for me one of the major effects of neoliberalism—the privatization of public services and infrastructural concerns, and, in some instances, the increasing influence of private interests over the governance....
The pastor, the swarm, and the movement
...robust and engaged follower base is, conversely, a means to increase one’s political access and clout. This phenomenon is evidently inseparable from platforms like Instagram and Twitter and the influencer...
The Amish Madoff
by John D. Boy...given to those in greater need. And while Mr. Madoff’s wife and sons instantly became social pariahs in Manhattan, Mr. Beachy’s wife and children remain at his farmstead here, living...
Secularization and disenchantment
by Birgit Meyer...for actual Western influences, albeit by “provincializing Europe.” This is the concern of this chapter. Instigated by Taylor’s invocation of the case of Celestine as an instance of a still...