Many Americans have turned to astrology, the study of correlations between celestial patterns and temporal events, to make sense of…
Omri Elisha
Omri Elisha is associate professor of anthropology at Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is the author of Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches (University of California Press, 2011). He received his PhD from New York University and was a Resident Scholar at the School for Advanced Research. His research on the anthropology of Christianity has covered topics such as US evangelical revivalism, social engagement, media activism, spiritual warfare, and ritual performance. His current research explores issues of cosmology, professionalization, and expertise among contemporary Western astrologers.
For the looking
The Great American Eclipse of 2017 had all the trappings of a national revival. In a time of heightened uncertainty,…
Reflections on summer reading
As the fall semester gets underway, we have again invited a number of contributors to The Immanent Frame to reflect…
What has been will be again
Marcia Pally’s incisive essay on “the new evangelicals” highlights a relatively small but growing population of white evangelicals who appear to…
Summer reading: Part II
Off the cuff is a new feature at The Immanent Frame, in which we pose a question to a handful…
Presidential drinking games, and other secular devotions
I watched the last presidential debate in a crowded Manhattan restaurant with large-screen TVs and surround sound. By the end…
The confession forum
A funny thing happened on the way to last Sunday’s Compassion Forum: the politics of religion gave way to the…
The makings of a pastoral presidency?
It is impossible to overstate the significance of the local church pastor in the lives of conservative Protestants. Even in…