What would it mean to sever philanthropy—affectively, politically—from reciprocal obligation? What would it look like to enact politics on a…
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Camp conviction and the politics of religion: Or, that naked public square’s really a drag
Discussions of religion in public life usually presume two things about religious conviction: it focuses on a set of beliefs…
Conviction and humility in American Buddhist activism
Despite this image of Buddhists as quiet and humble, inward-looking rather than outward-focused, there is a long tradition of American…
Religion, secularism, and Black Lives Matter
In February 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman was initially released on…
Occupy Gezi, beyond the religious-secular cleavage
The protests in Turkey started on May 27 with a modest resistance movement against the destruction of Istanbul’s Gezi Park…
An excursion through the partitions of Taksim Square
Taksim Meydanı. Partition Square. Although it has taken on potent new resonances in recent days, the name of Istanbul’s throbbing central…
Global reflex
As both Marcia Pally and David Gushee note, there is no historical reason why evangelicalism should identify with a single…
Faith and the Occupy movement: What would Jesus do?
From very early in the movement, spirituality and faith have played a role in the Occupy movement. Religious observances began…
AA Bronson lecture on art, religion, and social justice
AA Bronson---artist, curator, writer, teacher, and activist---will speak at Union Theological Seminary in New York City on Wednesday, October 6,…
Parodic politics
Perhaps the upswing in religious individualism in this postmodern, postsecular period doesn’t herald the breakdown of community after all—nor does…