Traditionally, Western thought framed human life as evolving in a three-dimensional space: the economic, the political, and the philosophical. Nowadays,…
The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault: An introduction
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Free religion and free markets in Guatemala
Is freedom of religion really "good for business"?
Beyond religio-secularism: Toward a political critique
On July 24, 2013, a “Letter to the Prime Minister of Turkey” was published as an ad in the British…
An excursion through the partitions of Taksim Square
Taksim Meydanı. Partition Square. Although it has taken on potent new resonances in recent days, the name of Istanbul’s throbbing central…
For a new migration of Abraham
At a moment when some of the theoretical gestures being inspired by old, new, or futuristic political theologies have become…
Oprah, the Rorschach test
Focusing on Oprah as an icon/inkblot, we can use our reactions to her as a Rorschach test: What do we…
What is Oprah?: An interview with Kathryn Lofton
In Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, just out from University of California Press, Yale religion professor Kathryn Lofton orchestrates…
“States of Devotion” conference, Nov. 4-5, Hemispheric Institute, NYU
The Hemispheric Institute of New York is holding a conference this Thursday-Friday (Nov. 4-5), called "States of Devotion: Religion, Neoliberalism…
The rise of “Islamic” broadcasting in Turkey
Before the liberalization of broadcasting in Turkey, the state-owned broadcaster TRT considered Islam a “religion” that could be represented only…