Can we apply what we have learned about religious conversion to instances in which individuals do not embrace the convictions and belief systems of their ancestors?
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Sex, secularism, and “femonationalism”
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June 29, 2018
Whites, Jews, and Us
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June 26, 2018
Why was black conversion so controversial? Or to put it differently, why did the baptism of enslaved and free black men and women engender such violence in an empire ostensibly founded on…
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Controversy over French proposal to edit the Quran: A transatlantic perspective
June 25, 2018
In the interest of informing our English-speaking readers about recent public debates involving questions of religious difference and public life in a transatlantic context, The Immanent Frame presents the translation into English of…
June 25, 2018
Sex, secularism, and “femonationalism”
A secular species
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While the cultural manifestations of sexual difference have shifted since the late nineteenth century, the logic that sustains them remains biologically inscribed within the species as a human universal. Indeed, this enduring…
June 21, 2018
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