The strange and often contradictory ways that phenomenology has been woven into and through diverse religious traditions are the subject…
Experience between the secular and the divine
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Carrying risk in antiquity and the present
I have been struck by similarities with how Romans managed uncertainty. Using some material from my current project, this essay…
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…
Placing the pandemic in time: Astrology and Covid-19
Many Americans have turned to astrology, the study of correlations between celestial patterns and temporal events, to make sense of…
Questions of power and privilege in Europe’s relationship with Christianity
It is not whether Europe is Christian or not that matters. What matters is who is asking the question and…
Protection without punishment: Turning to Buddhist gods during Covid-19
I am curious about how people turned to the gods historically, the discursive modes permissible for doing so in 2020,…
Irredeemable enemies
Representation of the non-Western Islamist fighter has long had to deal with the Eurocentric and asymmetrical nature of international relations.…
Motherhood on the hinge
By the time I encountered Marie de l’Incarnation and the gripping story of her decision to abandon her eleven-year-old son…
Canon fodder
In this short reflection I will suggest that Viganò’s offhand remark shows us a deep truth about the legal culture…
A conversation with Yuri Slezkine
As the final installment of the Fall 2018 book forum on The House of Government, forum co-curators Sonja Luehrmann and…