Amid the conflict currently underway in Egypt—between state authorities led by the military-backed government and the Muslim Brotherhood and their…
Searching for the church of Islam
law and religion
Varieties of Religious Establishment
In a recently published edited volume, Varieties of Religious Establishment, editors Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and Lori G. Beaman asks contributors…
Securing the Sacred: Religion, National Security, and the Western State
In his new book, Securing the Sacred, Robert M. Bosco examines how secular states attempt to understand and engage religious…
Egypt after the coup
On July 3, 2013, after four days of intense public protests, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi was removed, by force, from…
Scientology as religion
As part of the discussion and workshop on "Beyond Critique," Lorenzo Zucca, Reader in Jurisprudence at King’s College London, writes…
The Charter of Quebec Values
On November 7th, 2013, on the heels of a heated public debate about the role of religion in public life,…
Three approaches to the study of religion
Is religion a valid category of scholarly inquiry? In this post, I briefly set out three distinct approaches to the…
Whose religion? What freedom?
Religious freedom has become an international concept: As the scope of the recently concluded Politics of Religious Freedom project attests…
Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law
In his new book, Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law, Anver Emon discusses Islamic legal doctrines and their implications for religious diversity…
Doing “Religion Work” in China?
When one thinks of politics and religion in China, one often imagines the state as an omnipotent power, invincible and…