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Items
- Items is a space for engagement with insights from the work of the Council and the social sciences.
- Crime and the Built Environment: A Look at Makurdi, Nigeria
  by Patience Adzande
- Urbanization in Africa: Some Spatial and Functional Aspects
  by Items Editors
- Report on the Work of the Committee on Urbanization
  by Items Editors
The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Practices of relation: Gorski and Perry
  by Philip S. Gorski and Samuel Perry
- Figurations of menace
  by Sharika Thiranagama
- Channeling populism
  by Robert Samet
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Civil Society and the Global Oil Complex: Accessing Civil Society Engagements in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
  by Benyin Akande
- Researching the Activities of Oil and Gas Corporations in the Niger Delta: Challenges and Lessons from the Field
  by Nyingilanyeofori Hannah Brown
- Where Are the Women’s Voices? Local Water Governance and Inclusive Peacebuilding in Uganda
  by Resty Naiga
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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.