The intersection of religion and politics has been a key focus of the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) Program on…
Religion, democracy, and Christian nationalism
Christianity
Asian American religions: Transforming our religious ecology
Jumping across time and space and traversing religious practices, the essays in this forum present glimpses into the diversity and…
The affective allure of authoritarianism
In late summer 2021, media platforms in the United States were electric with news of right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson’s visit…
Time Incorporated and the Pennsylvania Land Company
Kristen Beales and Eden Consenstein discuss religion, economics, and the corporate form with examples from their research on the Pennsylvania…
Neoliberalism and ambient apocalypse
In this dialogue, Courtney Bender and Todne Thomas discuss monumentality, slow violence, and sightlines of neoliberalism and apocalypse; the affective…
Nature as protective strategy: The environment and a new normal
In the spirit of the critique of categories in the study of religion as protective strategies, I wonder what nature…
Social climates beyond belief and doubt
Robin Globus Veldman’s The Gospel of Climate Skepticism is a timely intervention into longstanding debates about the relationship between religious…
Is Europe Christian?—A reply
I thank the contributors for expanding the conversation with enriching perspectives. Of course, my book has its own limitations in…
Be fruitful and multiply
When states support reproductive technologies, they are supporting pronatalism. When access to that reproductive technology in unequal and intentionally directed…
Catholicism and European politics: Two new trends
I want to offer a reflection on two religious developments in contemporary Europe that highlight but also challenge Roy’s account…