In this brief essay I connect Gates’s philosophy of giving—along with many other contemporary neoliberal philanthropists—to Protestant traditions and the origins of capitalism, particularly the emphasis on entrepreneurialism and the development of…
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Gospels of giving
Gospels of giving
July 24, 2019
Contributors to this forum consider why, when, and where certain understandings of charity and philanthropy have proven persuasive and powerful.
July 24, 2019
Constituting Religion
Constituting religion, contesting constitutional identity
July 18, 2019
It is a truth universally acknowledged that religion, in the possession of man, causes division, conflict, and even war. Well, not quite, says Tamir Moustafa.
July 18, 2019
Constituting Religion
Judges, lawyers, politics: Religion still divides Malaysia
July 11, 2019
Constituting Religion is an immensely valuable work, as it shows the extent to which the Malaysian state apparatus has contributed to a warped conception of Islam amongst its adherents and places the…
July 11, 2019
Constituting Religion
Conversion and demographic anxieties
July 4, 2019
For readers interested in Islamic law and society, and especially for those who might not have thought that Malaysia is in the company of Iran and Saudi Arabia in terms of the…
July 4, 2019
Rethinking public religion: Word, image, sound
New vistas in studying religion and public life
July 2, 2019
Taking a relatively “thin” understanding of public religion that challenges—rather than transports—the term’s typical liberal and normative baggage, the essays assembled here alert us to various intriguing modalities of the religion-public nexus.
July 2, 2019
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