Emilie Townes

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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 Alumna, Teverayi Muguti
  by Next Generation Social Sciences
- Dysfunctional Capitalism in Africa and the Theory of Squanderation
  by Kenneth Omeje
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Emilie Townes is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American Religion and Theology at Yale University.

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Religion and the midterm elections

Dr. Richard Amesbury·

Jason C. Bivins·

J. Kameron Carter·

Ernesto Cortes, Jr.·

John L. Jackson, Jr.·

David Kyuman Kim·

Rabbi Michael Lerner·

Ebrahim Moosa·

John Schmalzbauer·

Jeffrey Stout·

Emilie Townes·

November 5, 2010

Set against a backdrop of continued economic distress, the emerging Tea Party movement, and mercurial public opinion of President Obama, many observers…