The Immanent Frame – Page 84 – Secularism, religion, and the public sphere

American religion, humility, and democracy

Camp conviction and the politics of religion: Or, that naked public square’s really a drag

February 21, 2018

Discussions of religion in public life usually presume two things about religious conviction: it focuses on a set of beliefs and it is sincere. I would like to suggest an alternative starting…

February 21, 2018

American religion, humility, and democracy

Conviction and humility in American Buddhist activism

Grace Yukich·

February 15, 2018

Despite this image of Buddhists as quiet and humble, inward-looking rather than outward-focused, there is a long tradition of American Buddhists threatening the status quo by seeking to create social change.

February 15, 2018

American religion, humility, and democracy

Listening as a practice of humility

Amy Lawton·

February 13, 2018

Right now in America, we have a civic discourse that is shrinking dangerously. Might a portion of the shrinkage be attributed to how we have been trained to listen?

February 13, 2018

here & there

CFP | 2018 AAR Secularism and Secularity Unit

by The Editors

The Secularism and Secularity Unit of the American Academy of Religion explores a broad a set of questions associated with the secular, including its complex entanglements with religion and spirituality. This is a call for proposals for the 2018 AAR conference to be held November 17-20, 2018 in Denver, Colorado. Submissions are due online by March 1, 2018 at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.

February 9, 2018

American religion, humility, and democracy

Good troublemakers

Ruth Braunstein·

January 31, 2018

Today, as political arrogance, partisan polarization, and information tribalism threaten to engulf our public life, it is crucial that we recover the political skills, spaces, and practices that encourage greater humility.

January 31, 2018

Book introductions

Sovereign Jews: An introduction

Yaacov Yadgar·

January 29, 2018

My recent book, Sovereign Jews: Israel, Zionism, and Judaism, harnesses the powerful critique of the dominant secular(ist) epistemology, which is familiar to readers of The Immanent Frame, to re-problematize the very notion…

January 29, 2018

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Camp conviction and the politics of religion: Or, that naked public square’s really a drag

Conviction and humility in American Buddhist activism

Listening as a practice of humility

CFP | 2018 AAR Secularism and Secularity Unit

Good troublemakers

Sovereign Jews: An introduction