The oath used to mean something. It used to ensure the rectitude of our politics and the integrity of our law. It used to be the guarantee of our words as well…
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I swear
I swear
August 27, 2019
This forum is on the oath: the promise, the pledge, the vow, equally the curse, the malediction, the blasphemy.
August 27, 2019
Gospels of giving
Translating Muslim giving into social entrepreneurship
August 21, 2019
Social entrepreneurship in this case is a means to perform Islam, and the crowdfunding platform is an arena to organize social relationships. Muslims are invited to maintain traditional values under new conditions…
August 21, 2019
here & there
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The Editors
RFP | The Sociology of Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation
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The Editors
Rice University and the University of California, San Diego announced a new re-granting initiative, funded through the Templeton Religion Trust and coordinated by The Issachar Fund. The “Science and Religion: Identity and Belief Formation” project, led by Elaine Howard Ecklund (Rice University) and John H. Evans (University of California, San Diego), will specifically fund sociological […]
August 15, 2019
Gospels of giving
Going global: Comparing faith and philanthropy at home and abroad
August 14, 2019
For much of the past century, philanthropy remained an unquestioned good. But with growing public perception connecting philanthropy to the power and prestige of an increasingly smaller number of megadonors, philanthropy can…
August 14, 2019
Constituting Religion
Constituting Religion—A reply
August 8, 2019
From the start, this project was both exhilarating and humbling because the co-constitutive dynamics of law, religion, politics, and society are so complex. These essays—along with many conversations that I have had…
August 8, 2019
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