The Immanent Frame is pleased to announce changes to its editorial board, which was first constituted in March 2016 and works alongside Editor Mona Oraby and Editorial Assistant Alison Renna to bring content to the site. Firstly, we want to thank outgoing board members Helena Hansen (University of California, Los Angeles), Iza Hussin (University of Cambridge), Nathan Schneider (University […]
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Revisited: Jesus, religion, and revolution in the South African elections
Ten years ago, I examined the entanglement of religion and politics in South Africa ahead of the 2014 national election. Today, the political landscape has shifted, yet many struggles persist. Thirty years…
Fall 2024 Call for Individual Essays – US Politics and Religion

The Immanent Frame has been a leading platform for groundbreaking public scholarship on secularism and religion since its founding in 2007. This call invites essays that address US politics and religion, broadly construed, in contemporary or historical perspective. Essays need not address phenomena that occur specifically in the territorial United States. Global and comparative perspectives are […]
Most-Read Essays of 2024

Check out The Immanent Frame‘s ten most-read essays of 2024! This year’s essays were featured in the forums “Ruinations: Violence in these times” and “Experimental books.” Others were standalone essays, previously published on TIF but appearing this year with new introductions, or published in 2024 for the first time. Scholars address wide-ranging topics—from thinking critically about the different […]