Many of us who set out to study the environmentalism of religious people in real, lived contexts have struggled with…
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Experience between the secular and the divine: Conclusion
Why have religious philosophers and theologians been drawn to phenomenology in particular? The essays in this forum suggest several answers…
Is Europe (still) white?
But what does it mean to link Europe’s tarnished soul with an inquiry into the Christian nature of the continent,…
The ethics of gender selection
Womanist theological ethics can help us take into account the complex social considerations, especially religious commitments, that inform gender-selection decision…
Religious charity and the spirit of homo economicus
In this brief essay I connect Gates’s philosophy of giving—along with many other contemporary neoliberal philanthropists—to Protestant traditions and the…
Conversion and demographic anxieties
For readers interested in Islamic law and society, and especially for those who might not have thought that Malaysia is…
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…
Thealogy or pathology? Reflections from South India
Does attributing motherhood to divinity do anything to undermine patriarchy? The answer, at least from where I sit, is no.
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,…
Religion and hate speech
Many recent hate speech cases involve religion either as the source of views that are alleged to be hateful or…