Leading scholar of Islam John L. Esposito spoke recently at the Carnegie Council in New York City, addressing both the…
John Esposito speaks on The Future of Islam
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How the Bible Belt came to be
At Science and Religion Today, historian Randall Stephens attempts to explain the distinct and enduring religiosity of the American south.
Derrida and religion
On March 26-27 Harvard University will host "Derrida and Religion," an interdisciplinary conference addressing Derrida's various engagements with the religious,…
Elizabeth McAlister on hope and tragedy in Haiti
Elizabeth McAlister is an Associate Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University and a member of the SSRC's working group on…
Taking the high road in Haiti
Hearkening back to the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and its reverberations in Euro-American culture, Paula Cooey reviews some of…
Khomeini’s long shadow
On Tuesday evening at the New York Public Library, Professor Saïd Amir Arjomand held forth before a sizable and attentive…
The spaces of American civil religion
Reviewing Kirk Savage's Monument Wars: Washington D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape for Religion Dispatches,…
The history of Tony Judt
In a moving portrait of the eminent historian, Evan R. Goldstein traces the trajectory of Tony Judt's career from his…
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age will be published this spring by Harvard University Press. Edited by Michael Warner,…
“Mr. Potato-head spirituality”
At Trans/Missions, Diane Winston bemoans the latest "display of know-nothingism" with respect to religion and spirituality in an American newspaper.