It would not have taken long for French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan to realize that President Donald Trump has a paranoid…
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Race, secularism, and the public intellectual
Who counts as a black Christian public intellectual? There are certainly public figures who are not intellectuals, and there are…
Religion, secularism, and Black Lives Matter
In February 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman was initially released on…
Faith in the nation: Nigerian publics and their religions
The cityscape of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, is dominated by two houses of worship known as the National Mosque…
What kind of territory? On public religion and space in Ethiopia
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died shortly before the 2012 Meskel festival, the Finding of the True Cross—one of the…
Now broadcasting: Atheist TV
Starting last week, atheists and nonbelievers everywhere now have a new station to add to their television lineup: Atheist TV.
The Charter of Quebec Values in the media: Panic, contempt, and division
The recent media buzz stirred up by a sad story captures well the sense of uneasiness pervading Quebec since the…
Buddhists, Time, and religious unrest in Burma
At Religion Dispatches, Alan Senauke writes about Time magazine's July 1st issue and its consequences in Burma.
CFP: Media and Religion
The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture will hold its fifth annual conference on Media and Religion: The Global View…
AIDS and LGBT equality
In honor of the International AIDS Conference that will take place in Washington, D.C. later this month, Diane Winston, a…