...the development of twentieth-century Black religious traditions at a communal, participatory level to the rise of right-wing nationalism in India and across the world. Explore all essays and exchanges from...
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The Buddha as a Christian saint
by Nathan SchneiderDavid B. Hart has a new essay at First Things about St. Josephat of India, revered in both Eastern and Western Christendom, whose legend has a surprising basis in fact:...
Multi-religious denominationalism and American identity
by Richard Amesbury...Hindus from India and Muslims from West Africa, for example, can improve their chances of achieving recognition as full members of the polity. But although the American denominational matrix is...
Forthcoming SSRC book: What Matters?
by The Editors...Europe and India; and the prevalence of highly mediated and spiritualized publics, from international psy-trance festivals to Ghanaian national political contexts. Contributors particularly focus on the role ambivalence, attachment, and...
The (really) strong program
by Bryan S. Turner...the political role of religion in shaping the globalization of the economy in India and China. A strong program also needs a robust and relevant theoretical framework. This theoretical component...
Believer, religious studies, and the public
...respondents are: Laura Harrington, Boston University Samira Mehta, Albright College Hussein Rashid, Independent scholar Lisa Sideris, Indiana University- Bloomington Diane Winston, University of Southern California ______ Religion in the hallway by Laura...
Is gluttony really a sin? A Thanksgiving query
by Laura Duane...Thanksgiving, but it was not necessarily the Christian role we would assume. The Indian Country Today reprints an op-ed by John C. Mohawk, in which he tells us that American...
Money—flat, broad, and deep
by Devin Singh...that ancient enemy, the Islamic empires at Europe’s gates. Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus wanted to reach India and the Far East without dealing with the turbaned Moors who...
Values for the Post-Crisis Economy
by Ruth Braunstein...on values conducted through Facebook. The poll reached over 130,000 respondents in France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey and the United States. The poll results...
Muslim persecution in China
by Laura DuaneThe New York Times reports on the persecution of Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China. Similar to the persecution of Christians in Orissa state in India, religion alone isn’t...