Marc David Baer and Sarah Imhoff discuss each other’s works and the ways they intersect.
Practices of relation: Baer and Imhoff
Germany
Inheritance and belief
Can we apply what we have learned about religious conversion to instances in which individuals do not embrace the convictions…
The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany: An introduction
Why has public criticism of the German churches for their conduct during the Nazi era been disproportionately directed at the…
Law and truth in the German religious constitution
It is a widely held view that the juridical and political management of religion should be grounded in fundamental normative…
A clash of secularisms? The German historical experience
Claims made in the name of secularism vary greatly. At one extreme, self-described secularists in the United States portray their…
Queer faiths: Can conversions uncover and unsettle racialized religion?
Journalists, politicians and even scholars in Europe commonly use the word “Muslim” to refer not to religion, but to a…
Subjects, spirituality, and smoking: An interview with Hubert Knoblauch
After discussing the general contours of the sociology of religion in Germany today (see part 1), I had a chance…
The view from Berlin: An interview with Hubert Knoblauch
Hubert Knoblauch is a professor of sociology at the Technical University of Berlin, where he specializes in general sociological theory,…
Political and religious groups clash in Bonn
Last Saturday, a regional political rally in the German city of Bonn turned violent as Salafists, followers of a conservative…
American exceptionalism redux
I find Kahn's book as a whole less coherent than some others have. One issue I want to raise is…