In a New Scientist blog, Ewen Callaway comments on the evolution of social behavior and religion.
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The language of churchgoers
by Nicole GreenfieldMichael Sean Winters on politics and Catholicism in private and public life.
October 3, 2008
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A promise of reciprocity
by Nicole GreenfieldAndrew Brown ponders the similarities between religion and money.
October 3, 2008
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Prosperity preaching and the credit crisis
by Nathan SchneiderIn Time magazine, two scholars of American Christianity wonder whether the hopes built up by prosperity preaching may have contributed to the credit crisis.
October 4, 2008
events
Michael Warner on “Sex & secularity”
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenIn conjunction with the one year anniversary of our launch, The Immanent Frame is cosponsoring a panel discussion this coming Wednesday, October 8, at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge.
October 4, 2008
books
Islamic liberation theology
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenTalal Asad blurbs Hamid Dabashi's Islamic Liberation Theology.
October 5, 2008
books
Dying of the light
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenGarrison Keillor reviews Nothing to be Frightened of.
October 5, 2008
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Is nothing secular?
by Nathan SchneiderReligion Dispatches has a review of a new romance novel in the UK about Muhammad.
October 5, 2008
books
What happened at Vatican II
by Nicole GreenfieldMichael Novak reviews Georgetown theology professor John W. O'Malley's new book.
October 5, 2008
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The enchantments of secular belief
by Nicole GreenfieldFrom Danilyn Rutherford's essay on the "active belief" of anthropological work.
October 6, 2008