Kevin Drum, of Mother Jones, reports on a study conducted by the esteemed researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of…
War on drugs may be interfering with Americans’ spiritual awakening
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Religion und Öffentlichkeit
The German translation, by Michael Adrian, of The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere will be published by Suhrkamp…
Whose foreskin?
Courtney Bender discusses the controversial ballot measure to prohibit circumcision of males under eighteen years of age, which will be…
Crafting the secular studies syllabus
Pitzer College having announced that it will offer a major in "secular studies," the Harvard University Press Blog compiles a…
Angela Merkel chided for unchristlike comments
Der Spiegel reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel is under fire for her allegedly unduly celebratory comments about the assassination of…
Sea burial of Osama bin Laden prompts criticism from scholars, clerics
The Guardian reports that some Islamic scholars and clerics are claiming that Osama bin Laden's burial at sea was in…
TIF interview with Jean Comaroff republished in Cultural Anthropology
David Kyuman Kim's conversation with Jean Comaroff for the "Rites and Responsibilities" dialogue series, which originally appeared on this website…
“The Malaise of Modernity”: a radio series on the work of Charles Taylor
The CBC Radio program Ideas recently ran a five-part series on the life and work of Charles Taylor, "The Malaise…
From exodus to immigration
At Killing the Buddha: "Muslims, Christians, and Buddhists broke matzo with Jewish Israelis in a Tel Aviv basketball court before…
CFP: Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion and American Public Life
A new grants program for journalists, sponsored by the Knight Program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism:…