Earlier this year, the New Zealand Parliament passed a remarkable piece of legislation declaring the Whanganui River to be a…
The river is not a person: Indigeneity and the sacred in Aotearoa New Zealand
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When readers respond
Writing about religion in the digital age means that your readers respond. They have, of course, always responded; but in…
Comparing China and India
The Modern Spirit of Asia is a book about India and China and the ways in which they have been…
Engaging the “spiritual but not religious” vote
In an essay published at the Atlantic online, TIF editor-at-large Steven Barrie-Anthony urges politicians and pundits to pay closer attention to…
Are some ‘nones’ combinative religionists?
Over at the Huffington Post, Sean McCloud reflects on the continued attention given to religious disaffiliation in the American media.
Prayer, imagination, and the voice of God—in global perspective
Tanya Marie Luhrmann is a psychological anthropologist and a Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. Her work explores how people…
A return to the original agenda of Christ
I am one of those evangelicals who, in Professor Marcia Pally’s words, have “left the right.” As a former President-elect…
Los Angeles Review of Books reviews Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon
The Los Angeles Review of Books recently reviewed TIF editor-at-large Kathryn Lofton’s book Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon.
Secularization and disenchantment
Over the past decade, scholarly inquiry into contemporary religion has moved from an understanding of religion as waning in the…
Subjects, spirituality, and smoking: An interview with Hubert Knoblauch
After discussing the general contours of the sociology of religion in Germany today (see part 1), I had a chance…