The Muslim Ban—in its current iteration as Proclamation 9645 and in its earlier forms—is certainly an egregious attack on the…
The Muslim Ban and academia
immigration
The geopolitics of the “shithole”
Secular modernity is marked by a persistent project of separating the modern body from its waste, masking excremental operations, and…
American carpe diem
When Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller adapted Thomas Mann’s 1896 short story Enttäuschung (“Disillusionment”) into the lyrics we know from…
“Drawing the line” and freedom of movement
Perhaps we have been so drawn to drawing and contesting lines between “religion” and the “secular” because this now-classic fight…
Understanding the president’s reality: Our unconscious, not his
The matter of the love-hate relationship between psychoanalysis and public life has an unexpected link to the complexities of secularism…
Understanding the president’s reality: A psychoanalytic contribution to public life
It would not have taken long for French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to realize that President Donald Trump has a paranoid…
Religion in Britain: Demography, identity, and the public sphere
Over at Public Spirit, to coincide with the publication of the second edition of Grace Davie's Religion in Britain, Tariq Modood…
Religion in European migration studies
In recent years, religion has come back to the research agenda of the European social sciences with full strength. Important…
Catholic bishops on immigration reform
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has undertaken a coordinated effort to preach the message of immigration reform…
From exodus to immigration
At Killing the Buddha: "Muslims, Christians, and Buddhists broke matzo with Jewish Israelis in a Tel Aviv basketball court before…