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Items
- Items is a space for engagement with insights from the work of the Council and the social sciences.
- The Transregional Collaboratory on the Indian Ocean Announces the 2020 Planning Grant Recipients
  by Saarah Jappie
- Studying the State: The Legacy of the Committee on States and Social Structures
  by Rafael Khachaturian
- Bringing the State Back In: A Report on Current Comparative Research on the Relationship between States and Social Structures
  by Items Editors
The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Carrying risk in antiquity and the present
  by Anna Bonnell Freidin
- Is Europe Christian?—A reply
  by Olivier Roy
- Be fruitful and multiply
  by Laura L. Lovett
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Mysterious Deaths in Bonny Island, Nigeria: Covid-19 Pandemic or Petro-Epidemic?
  by Elias Courson
- The United Nations Security Council Seat and Kenya’s Assertive Foreign Policy
  by Nicodemus Minde
- Covid-19, Human Security Crisis, and the Responsibility to Protect
  by Muema Wambua
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Special Projects

A Universe of Terms

This project began in November 2019, publishing multiple original responses on distinct terms related to the study of religion and secularism.

Is this all there is

A special project of The Immanent Frame to mark its tenth anniversary. Co-curated by Courtney Bender and Nancy Levene and published in 2017-2018.

Reverberations

A digital forum on prayer, with unique contributions published from 2013-2015 as part of the New Directions in the Study of Prayer initiative of the SSRC’s Program on Religion and the Public Sphere.

Frequencies: A Collaborative Genealogy of Spirituality

Frequencies seeks to commence a genealogy of spirituality and published unique entries and artwork from 2011-2012 as part of the SSRC’s Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life project.