Over at The Revealer, James S. Bielo reviews What Matters? Ethnographies of Value in a Not So Secular Age and The Post-Secular in Question: Religion in Contemporary Society, jointly published with the SSRC by Columbia University Press and New York University Press respectively.
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The philosophy of Templeton
by Wei ZhuOver at The Chronicle of Higher Education, contributing editor Nathan Schneider writes about the Templeton effect, and the focus on what the John Templeton Foundation calls "Big Questions."
September 7, 2012
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TIF essay nominated for the annual 3 Quarks Daily philosophy prize
by Wei Zhu3 Quarks Daily has just announced the full list of nominees for their annual annual prize for the best blog and online writing in the category of philosophy, judged by Justin E. H. Smith.
September 10, 2012
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The secular as space, the secular as process: The 2012 UCSIA summer school
by Grace Yukich and John-Harmen ValkAt the end of August, the two of us joined approximately 30 scholars from around the world in Antwerp, Belgium for the 2012 Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius Antwerpen (UCSIA) Religion, Culture and Society Summer School. UCSIA annually invites select early-career researchers (doctoral and post-doctoral) and senior scholars for a weeklong program designed to stimulate interdisciplinary and international discussion on a theme, this year’s being “secularism(s) and religion in society.”
September 11, 2012
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11 years after 9/11
by Wei ZhuIn the days immediately following September 11, 2001, the Social Science Research Council invited a wide range of leading social scientists from around the world to write short essays for an online forum, After September 11.
September 11, 2012
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CFP: 2013 Telos Conference
by Candice ScharfThe 2013 Telos Conference is currently seeking paper submissions on the subject of Religion and Politics in a Post-Secular World.
September 12, 2012
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Time Out interview with Tariq Ramadan
by Wei ZhuOver at Tim Out Chicago, the website has conducted a short interview with Tariq Ramadan, the influential Swiss public intellectual who has been a both criticized and praised for his work on Islamic theology.
September 13, 2012
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Death in the Middle East: What happens next?
by Wei ZhuOn the 11th anniversary of the September 11, the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya were attacked amidst protests over a trailer for a purported film entitled Innocence of Muslims.
September 14, 2012
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Documentary project on the faith of New York City
by Taline CoxFaith in the Five Boroughs is a documentary film project that focuses on the religious lives of New York City immigrants.
September 19, 2012
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Jesus’ wife?
by Wei ZhuTwo days ago, Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, identified a scrap of papyrus in which Jesus speaks of "his wife," the first time Jesus has explicitly referred to a wife.
September 20, 2012