What would it mean to sever philanthropy—affectively, politically—from reciprocal obligation? What would it look like to enact politics on a ground other than debts owed to donors, to history, to the future?
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Constituting Religion
Why religion is different: Five contradictions of religion in law
July 25, 2019
Tamir Moustafa’s Constituting Religion incisively reveals both the enduring and disturbing impacts of constitutional law on the ways Malaysians imagine and manage religion.
July 25, 2019
Gospels of giving
Religious charity and the spirit of homo economicus
July 24, 2019
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…
July 24, 2019
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
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