Why was black conversion so controversial? Or to put it differently, why did the baptism of enslaved and free black…
Conversion and race in colonial slavery
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Secularism’s two ends
Critics targeted secularism twice. Once was here on The Immanent Frame and around it, in the books, conferences, and classes…
No. Religion is not the common denominator…
Religion is not an explanation for what happened in Tennessee that weekend. Religion in general is never an explanation—except for…
The Idea of the Muslim World and the global politics of religion
The idea of the Muslim world enables narratives in which Islam “causes” people to do things.
Strategic Muslim worlds? Race, reform, and the dialectics of essentialism
The Idea of the Muslim World demonstrates that the "Muslim world" is a modern colonial invention, a racially imagined entity…
“Whither a Muslim world?”
What is the “Muslim world?” Is it solely a descriptive term employed in the social sciences and humanities to name…
Josef Sorett and the idea of a racial aesthetic
Josef Sorett’s Spirit in the Dark is a marvelous book, not least of all due to its meticulous, incisive, and…
Theologies of American exceptionalism: Ali and Khomeini
This is the fourth installment in this series of paired essays. In this post, Noah Salomon reflects on Noble Drew…
Mere Civility and Jeremiah Wright
Reporters who covered the Jeremiah Wright controversy during the 2008 United States presidential campaign would have benefited from reading Mere…
Race and Secularism in America
On September 13, 2016, Clemson University’s head football coach Dabo Swinney was asked what he would do if one of…