Justin L. Barrett

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The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- The surprising history of global blasphemy law
  by J. Barton Scott
- Revisited: The “good” and the “bad” Muslims of China
  by Yuting Wang
- Revisited: On “beyond Trump”: Evangelical politics, born again
  by Joanna Tice Jen
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- Alliance of Sahel States: Challenging Colonial Borders and UN Representation?
  by Richard Atimniraye Nyelade
- An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumnus, Teverayi Muguti
  by Next Generation Social Sciences
- Dysfunctional Capitalism in Africa and the Theory of Squanderation
  by Kenneth Omeje
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Justin L. Barrett is Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford’s Centre for Anthropology and Mind and is Lecturer in the Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology. With Roger Trigg, Barrett directs the Cognition, Religion, and Theology Project at Oxford. Barrett is a founding editor of the Journal of Cognition & Culture and is a consulting editor for Psychology of Religion & Spirituality. His book Why Would Anyone Believe in God? (AltaMira, 2004) presents a scientific account for the prevalence of religious beliefs. E-mail: justin.barrett@anthro.ox.ac.uk.