Conscious, intentional fatherhood has limited celebration in these parts, especially that which refuses to center the father in ways the…
In defense of “crazy fatherhood,” or Parenting ain’t easy
gender
The “woman question” as symptomatic of imperialism
I want to bring the arguments of Farris and Scott into conversation with two other recent publications in order to…
On Sex and Secularism
Overall, the book aims to do two things: First, to offer a history that documents the ways in which gender…
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…
“Keep your money, I got my own”
There is something profoundly counterintuitive about a vision of the world reveling in cash and also raising political consciousness. But…
Politicizing Islam: An introduction
Politicizing Islam is a comparative ethnography that analyzes the religious and political dynamics of the Islamic revival in France and…
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…
Minority matters
Trenchantly framed as “a minority report,” Saba Mahmood’s Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report offers more than just…
In praise of heresy
It seems as if there’s been an avalanche of inquiries into the precarious status of religious minorities in Muslim-majority societies…
CFP: Religion, Gender and Body Politics
The "Interdisciplinary Innovations in the Study of Religion and Gender: Postcolonial, Post-secular and Queer Perspectives" project has announced its final…