In an essay published at the Atlantic online, TIF editor-at-large Steven Barrie-Anthony urges politicians and pundits to pay closer attention to…
spirituality
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…
What does spirituality mean in America today?
But why, first of all, is this subject a significant one? And why does it appear especially pertinent at precisely…
Spiritualism and visual romanticism
TIF editor at large, John Lardas Modern, reviews Charles Colbert's recent publication, Haunted Visions: Spiritualism and American Art.
The Post-Secular in Question and What Matters? reviewed
Over at The Revealer, James S. Bielo reviews What Matters? Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age and…