How is modernity sticky—prone to leaving a residue? How are secularization theses still affecting us “as gelatinous or glutinous matters…
Modernity’s residues
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Secularism’s enchantments and disenchantments: A reply to Goto-Jones and Zhan
Read side by side, these two stunning commentaries on Magic’s Reason—for which I am immensely grateful—both seem to revolve around…
Dangerous doubles and magical ethics
As the superstar-magician walks through an urban shanty in the middle of his television special Magic Man (1998), David Blaine’s…
Modern flashiness: A method
Of her informants from the Hillview UFO Experiencers group to the Little A’Le’Inn, Lepselter writes, “[Y]ou don’t need a Christian…
Modernity’s resonances—An introduction
Respondents to the books were asked—and gamely agreed— to reflect on how these works “challenge and correct the discursive and philosophical modes of investigation…