When is a discussion, debate, polemic, or rant about Islam and Muslims not really about Islam and Muslims? If it’s…
American politics
From Jefferson to Jeffersonian battles
Among the scholars who have most inspired my work as a political scientist are multiple historians—whether intellectual, legal, or religious.…
From the Founders to Trump: The legalities of “Muslims”
Writing about the image of the “Muslim” at America’s founding, Denise Spellberg writes how debates on religious tests for office…
Mere Civility—A reply
"First, I must thank each of the contributors to this forum for their more than merely civil responses to my…
Theologies of American exceptionalism: Winthrop and Cavell
"Among the many possible ways of figuring, interpreting, and receiving the problem of American exceptionalism, Cavell pursues a line of…
Religion and populism
This adapted excerpt is republished with permission of the publishers—Hurst in Europe; OUP in North America—from Saving the People: How Populists…
Political backlash and the rise of “nones”
In an article that appears in the open access online journal Sociological Science, sociologists Michael Hout and Claude Fisher take…
With Cantor loss, only Christian Republicans in Congress
The unexpected primary defeat of Virginia Representative and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor last night is already having seismic effects…
Engaging the “spiritual but not religious” vote
In an essay published at the Atlantic online, TIF editor-at-large Steven Barrie-Anthony urges politicians and pundits to pay closer attention to…
Treating religions (un)equally
Earlier this summer, The Immanent Frame published an off the cuff exchange about the State Department's new initiative to engage religious…