Religion, reported Inside Higher Ed last week, is now the most popular theme of historical study in America, according to…
Religion and the historical profession
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off-the-cuff (adj.): extemporaneous, impromptu, improvised
A feature of The Immanent Frame in which the editors pose a question to a handful of leading thinkers and scholars, and invite a quick and succinct response.
Questions from TIF editors have concerned the elections in Egypt, anti-immigration ideas and multiculturalism in Europe, Black Lives Matter, reflections from our contributors on their summer reading, and more.
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The new landscape of the religion blogosphere
It's no longer news that digital media are changing how knowledge is produced and disseminated, and how people relate to…
New media and the reshaping of religious practice
As older forms of communication begin to cede their exclusive hold on the public’s attention, it becomes all the more…
Reflections on summer reading
As the start of the fall semester inches closer, we’ve invited a handful of our contributors to reflect on what…
Surveying religious knowledge
Following the release last week of the results of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life's U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey,…
Religion and the midterm elections
Set against a backdrop of continued economic distress, the emerging Tea Party movement, and mercurial public opinion of President Obama, many observers…
Contending Modernities
On November 18-19, dozens of scholars, religious leaders, business people, and intellectuals will gather in New York for the public launch…
Reflections on summer reading
As the summer months draw to a close, we've turned again to a handful of our contributors, asking: What are…
The contraception mandate
In what is latest in a series of conflicts between the Obama administration and the Roman Catholic Church, a recent…
The naked public sphere?
In light of Rick Santorum's recent comments on religion and the public sphere, we asked a small handful of scholars…