A number of the forum reviewers raise objections to various aspects of the historical arguments in The Unintended Reformation. Others…
Historical arguments and omissions
Christianity
Chinese religions in comparative historical perspective
This short essay draws up the principal ideas from a book chapter concerning the historical field of Chinese religions in…
Religion and the environment
Climate change and the environment can be contentious issues, particularly in American politics. Despite political differences, weather events such as…
CFP: The Book of Mormon: Americanist Approaches
Professors Jared Hickman and Elizabeth Fenton have put out a call for papers on The Book of Mormon for potential future publication.
CFP: The Religious Turn: Secular and Sacred Engagements in Literature and Theory
The Western Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature will host its annual conference on The Religious Turn: Secular and Sacred…
Is absolute secularity conceivable?
Is absolute secularity conceivable? The question arises from the paradoxical intuition that the secularization thesis is simultaneously both right and…
Jesus’ wife?
Two days ago, Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, identified a scrap of papyrus…
Pakistan and blasphemy
TIF contributor Dr. Ebrahim Moosa recently posted on his blog a statement written by Mawlana Ammar Khan Nasir, editor of the Urdu…
Loss of faith in religious institutions
NPR recently reported on a Gallup poll, which showed Americans' faith in organized religion and religious institutions has declined.
Bible, flowers, and relevance
John Boy, contributing editor to The Immanent Frame and an associate editor of Frequencies, reflects on his recent visit to…