The Woodrow Wilson Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
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books
Religion and the Political Imagination
by The EditorsReligion and the Political Imagination is a volume, edited by Ira Katznelson and Gareth Stedman Jones, that brings together a group of historians and political scientists to take a new look at the theoretical and constitutional aspects of relations between religion and political institutions since the Enlightenment, in particular the theory of secularization that arose during this period.
October 16, 2012
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Elizabeth Hurd on reimagining religious freedom as resistance
by Steven Barrie-AnthonyElizabeth Shakman Hurd, co-Guest Editor of the TIF discussion series The politics of religious freedom, reflects on the sometimes paradoxical effects of the state promotion of religious freedom---and argues that Canada’s proposed Office of Religious Freedom should adopt a more nuanced, less top-down approach.
October 18, 2012
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Five years
by The EditorsFive years ago this past Friday The Immanent Frame published its first essay, a short reflection on Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, written by the sociologist Robert N. Bellah.
October 23, 2012
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Three cheers for God
by Grace YukichA Texas judge has ruled on the case of the Texas cheerleaders who were using banners with Christian Bible verses on them at football games at their public high school.
October 25, 2012
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Peter Manseau on religion as America’s “first freedom”
by Steven Barrie-AnthonyNew Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee Peter Manseau observes that both the Obama and Romney campaigns describe religious liberty as America’s “first freedom,” a characterization that has “become so commonplace that it seems churlish to question it.” But Manseau finds that what constitutes the first freedom has historically been far from clear-cut, and […]
November 3, 2012
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Religion on the Edge
by Ruth BraunsteinA new book, Religion on the Edge: De-centering and Re-centering the Sociology of Religion, edited by TIF contributors Courtney Bender, Wendy Cadge, Peggy Levitt and David Smilde, has been published.
November 10, 2012
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Essays on Religion and Contemporary Activism
by Grace YukichThe scholarly blog Mobilizing Ideas recently posted an exchange on religion and activism that may interest readers. (Full disclosure: I am one of the Editors in Chief of Mobilizing Ideas, and I wrote one of the essays, so of course I think they are worth reading!) Mobilizing Ideas publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on social movements, social […]
November 12, 2012
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Religion and the election
by Wei Zhu, Grace Yukich and Ruth BraunsteinSeveral months ago, it seemed religion might be a notable factor in the 2012 presidential election.
November 13, 2012
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A postcolonial genealogy of secularism and sexuality
by John D. BoyA public lecture recently delivered by Saba Mahmood at the London School of Economics entitled "Secularism, Religion and Sexuality: A Postcolonial Genealogy" is now available as an audio podcast.
November 14, 2012