Although 19.3 million people reported a Christian affiliation in the 2021 Canadian census (representing just over half of the Canadian…
Exchanges
Scholars are invited into conversation around a common theme or a recently published book. These are ongoing exchanges among leading thinkers across the social sciences and humanities.
Monotheistic religious nationalisms in India and Pakistan
On January 17, 2023, BBC World aired the first episode of its controversial two-part miniseries titled India: The Modi Question.…
Us and them vs. them: How Christian nationalism facilitates multiracial coalitions of exclusion
The rise of ethno-nationalist movements around the world has been one of the most notable political trends of the past…
“Settling in the hearts”: The new face of Jewish neonationalism in Israel’s mixed cities
In spring 2021, unprecedented intercommunal and police violence broke out in Jerusalem and other cities across Israel. Known as the…
The minoritization of Palestinians: From the “Iron Wall” to a “Second Nakba”?
In the early months of 2023, Jewish Israelis flooded the streets of Israel in a massive display of civil disobedience…
Incoherent nationalism: Monuments to extinction in Sisi’s Egypt
The Egyptian government pledged in 2017 to allocate 1.27 billion EGP ($71 million) for the preservation of Jewish heritage. Restoring…
National identity, nationalism, and the politics of religion
This forum draws together scholars of religion, nationalism, and secularism with research expertise in North America, the Middle East, Europe,…
Asian American religions: Transforming our religious ecology
Jumping across time and space and traversing religious practices, the essays in this forum present glimpses into the diversity and…
Who (or what) is an Asian American evangelical?
To be an Asian American evangelical or to write about them as a scholar means to battle for legibility. Similar…
What is your religion?: Hmong Americans and the category of religion
For many Hmong refugees, it was a difficult question to answer. Hmong people historically had not organized their lives around…