Salon has published an excerpt from a new book, How to Be Secular, where the author, Jacques Berlinerblau, diagnoses problematic connotations that have come to be associated with secularism in the United States and considers competing accounts of the history of the concept.
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New journal: Critical Research on Religion
by John D. BoySage Publishers has announced the launch of Critical Research on Religion.
September 24, 2012
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Mark Lilla reviews The Unintended Reformation
by Wei ZhuOver at The New Republic, Mark Lilla reviews historian Brad S. Gregory's latest book, The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society.
October 2, 2012
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NDSP grantees announced
by Taline CoxNew Directions in the Study of Prayer (NDSP), project and grants program of the SSRC, has selected twenty-eight grantees to pursue innovative research on practices of prayer.
October 2, 2012
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Race and secularism in America
by The EditorsOn October 26 and 27, 2012, Vincent Lloyd and Jonathon Kahn will convene a workshop at Syracuse University on "Race and Secularism in America." From the conference website ...
October 3, 2012
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Spiritualism and visual romanticism
by Candice ScharfTIF editor at large, John Lardas Modern, reviews Charles Colbert's recent publication, Haunted Visions: Spiritualism and American Art.
October 4, 2012
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Scientology not a religion?
by Candice ScharfAccording to a recent poll by 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair, a majority of Americans do not believe that Scientology is a real religion.
October 5, 2012
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Which Model, Whose Liberty?
by Ruth BraunsteinOn October 11, 2012, the Religious Freedom Project of the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies at Brigham Young University's School of Law will convene a conference at Georgetown University on "Differences between the U.S. and European Approaches to Religious Freedom."
October 9, 2012
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Nigerian women and the Hajj
by Candice ScharfIn a recent article, Reuters reported that Nigeria has suspended flights to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage after more than 600 Nigerian women were deported for trying to enter Mecca without a male relative.
October 10, 2012
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Elizabeth Drescher on religious “nones”
by Ruth BraunsteinNDSP Grantee Elizabeth Drescher responds to a new report, “‘Nones’ On the Rise,” released by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life in affiliation with PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
October 10, 2012