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The Immanent Frame
- The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on religion, secularism, and the public sphere.
- Most-Read Essays of 2024
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- Fall 2024 Call for Individual Essays – US Politics and Religion
  by The Editors
- They tell the Bible so: On hermeneutical determinism
  by William Stell
Kujenga Amani
- Kujenga Amani facilitates the exchange of ideas about diverse aspects of peacebuilding in Africa.
- The Invisibility of the “Born Free” Generation in the New Namibian Cabinet
  by Tracey Muradzikwa
- The Dynamics of Conducting Field-based Research within Religious Spaces in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
  by Bambo Miti
- Can Domestic Initiatives End the Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region?
  by Yilkal Ayalew Workneh
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Special Projects

A Universe of Terms

This project began in November 2019, publishing multiple original responses on distinct terms related to the study of religion and secularism.

Is this all there is

A special project of The Immanent Frame to mark its tenth anniversary. Co-curated by Courtney Bender and Nancy Levene and published in 2017-2018.

Reverberations

A digital forum on prayer, with unique contributions published from 2013-2015 as part of the New Directions in the Study of Prayer initiative of the SSRC’s Program on Religion and the Public Sphere.

Frequencies: A Collaborative Genealogy of Spirituality

Frequencies seeks to commence a genealogy of spirituality and published unique entries and artwork from 2011-2012 as part of the SSRC’s Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life project.