We are living in a moment of intense anxiety about the fate of democracy around the world. Democratic institutions are…
Faith in American democracy? Prospects for renewal amid crisis
religion in the public sphere
The corporate form
This forum responds to a recent call in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and extends earlier TIF discussions on philanthropy,…
New vistas in studying religion and public life
Taking a relatively “thin” understanding of public religion that challenges—rather than transports—the term’s typical liberal and normative baggage, the essays…
Rethinking public religion: Word, image, sound
This forum explores a set of interlocking questions concerning how we approach the study of public religion. How and when,…
Camp conviction and the politics of religion: Or, that naked public square’s really a drag
Discussions of religion in public life usually presume two things about religious conviction: it focuses on a set of beliefs…
The skull that begs
Is asceticism—and in particular its relation to rationality—the right category around which to frame the history of Hinduism in the…