Nadia Marzouki’s Islam: An American Religion is one of the most exciting books I have read on Islam in the…
On the evolution and impact of anti-Muslim polemics
Christianity
How much a spirit cost
I first connected with the work of Josef Sorett when he published this strong-voiced call to make hip hop a serious subject…
Secular Christian power and the spiritual invention of nations
In the Americas, missionary colonialism prospered on the sharp edge of secular Christian power. Cutting up land with a blade…
Practice and performance in ritual language
Does it make a difference to think of ritual language such as prayer in terms of a relation between practice…
Weak theology and the anti-gospel of American exceptionalism
Has the United States been a source of good in the world? Weak theology assumes a position of service to…
From Christ to Confucius
In his exciting and beautifully written book, From Christ to Confucius: German Missionaries, Chinese Christians, and the Globalization of Christianity,…
Radical Secularization?
In a discussion in the German press about the displacement of continental philosophy in Europe by the increasingly triumphant advance…
A new “Christianist” secularism in Europe
Throughout much of the world, religion manifestly—and sometimes markedly—informs everyday understandings, cultural representations, and political and legal definitions of nationhood.…
The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault: An introduction
Traditionally, Western thought framed human life as evolving in a three-dimensional space: the economic, the political, and the philosophical. Nowadays,…
Christianity and human rights at Religion Dispatches
As part of a joint project, Religion Dispatches contributing editor Austin Dacey has written a series of posts on The Immanent Frame's recent…