If the point of an oath is to swear truth, what does it mean if the truth is stacked against you?
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Editorial board updates
by The EditorsThe Immanent Frame is pleased to announce a few changes to its editorial board, which was first constituted in March 2016 and continues to work alongside Editor Mona Oraby and Editorial Associate Olivia Whitener to create intellectually provocative content for the site.
September 5, 2019
Gospels of giving
What dolphins teach us about philanthropy
September 4, 2019
To explore what a justice-oriented philanthropy might look like, I will first grapple with the original usage of the term “philanthropy,” which originally applied to a much larger web of life. I…
September 4, 2019
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CFP | Deprovincializing Political Theology: Postcolonial and Comparative Approaches
by The Editors"Deprovincializing Political Theology: Postcolonial and Comparative Approaches" is a workshop organized by Vincent Lloyd (Villanova University) and Robert Yelle (LMU Munich), to be held October 26-27, 2019 at LMU Munich. The Call for Proposals is pasted below and can also be found here. Proposals consisting of a brief vita and a 150-250 word abstract of the work to be presented are due September 9. Proposals should be sent to both vincent.lloyd@villanova.edu and robertyelle@hotmail.com.
September 4, 2019
I swear
Martyrdom as sacrificial witness
September 3, 2019
I am happy to have been invited to participate in this forum on oaths—these powerful declarations—because I have been wrestling for some time with the question of how scholars in religious studies…
September 3, 2019
Gospels of giving
Private gifts, public possession
August 28, 2019
[I]n a post-Reagan neoliberal world, reform is just another name for privatization, moral slang for civic service that ultimately prioritizes corporate profits over public goods.
August 28, 2019
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