I am a comparative historian of early Christianity who reads widely in and engages in academic forums around new religious…
Apologia pro Reza: Why I like Believer
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For Love of the Prophet—An Introduction
For Love of the Prophet argues that in moving beyond the institutional life of the Sudanese state, we are able…
The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault: An introduction
Traditionally, Western thought framed human life as evolving in a three-dimensional space: the economic, the political, and the philosophical. Nowadays,…
New blog on religion in the public sphere
In late January, a new blog on the role of religion in the public sphere was launched: Religion: Going Public.
CFP: Freedom of (and from) Religion
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara, with support from the Cordano Endowment in Catholic Studies,…
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…
Secularism and secularity at the AAR
At the upcoming annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, to be held November 23-26 in Baltimore, a new program unit on “Secularism…
Opening at the Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation seeks a Program Officer for its work on religion in the public sphere.
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…
CFP: Post-Secularism Between Public Reason and Political Theology
Guest Editors Camil Ungureanu and Lasse Thomassen are requesting submissions for a special issue of the journal The European Legacy…