David Christian

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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.
- An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Teverayi Muguti
  by Next Generation Social Sciences
- Dysfunctional Capitalism in Africa and the Theory of Squanderation
  by Kenneth Omeje
- An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Titilope F. Ajayi
  by Next Generation Social Sciences
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David Christian (DPhil Oxford, 1974) is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Modern History at Macquarie University. Since 2013, he has been Director of Macquarie University's Big History Institute and is co-creator of Macquarie University’s Big History School, which provides K-12 online courses in Big History. He is the author of Origin Story: A Big History of Everything (2018).