At Foreign Affairs, Karen Barkey looks at Oliver Roy's book Holy Ignorance.
Faith, modernity and Holy Ignorance
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Morsi’s moves
On November 21st, a Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect, bringing an end to eight days of particularly…
CFP: Religion in modern democracies
From June 3rd to June 7th, 2013, the Forum Scientiarum of Tübingen University, will host an interdisciplinary summer school on…
Conference on René Girard and international relations
On May 23-24, 2013, the University of Central Lancashire will convene a conference on "Politics, Violence and the Sacred: Exploring…
Los Angeles Review of Books reviews Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon
The Los Angeles Review of Books recently reviewed TIF editor-at-large Kathryn Lofton’s book Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon.
The discourse of Islamic militancy
Over at ISLAMiCommentary, TIF contributor Mbaye Lo sees a clear disconnect and calls for a retrospective analysis in the wake…
Religion and the election
Several months ago, it seemed religion might be a notable factor in the 2012 presidential election.
Mark Lilla reviews The Unintended Reformation
Over at The New Republic, Mark Lilla reviews historian Brad S. Gregory's latest book, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution…
Jesus’ wife?
Two days ago, Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, identified a scrap of papyrus…
Death in the Middle East: What happens next?
On the 11th anniversary of the September 11, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya…