As the final installment of the Fall 2018 book forum on The House of Government, forum co-curators Sonja Luehrmann and…
A conversation with Yuri Slezkine
politics
Hate speech, religious insult, critique: Introduction
Scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds were invited to consider the ways in which the legal distinction between belief…
The Kingdom of God Has No Borders—A reply
First, I want to thank everyone who contributed to this forum. It is an honor to have this impressive group…
Love in dark times
Bouteldja’s “we” is resolutely impure, as is the “you” she addresses. And because it is impure, it is political. It…
Islamic law as “code”: Language, system, power
Ahmed situates hacking as faithful work for the Muslim, and also as deeply anchored in Islamic jurisprudential traditions. Fiqh (Islamic…
Alfred Stepan’s legacy
Instead of separation of state and religion, Al drew on the history of established religions in Europe to advocate the…
The Idea of the Muslim World and the global politics of religion
The idea of the Muslim world enables narratives in which Islam “causes” people to do things.
Political Islam and emancipatory politics
Does it matter if you are Muslim? Lately it seems to matter very much. By drawing our attention to the…
The Battle for the Catholic Past in Germany: An introduction
Why has public criticism of the German churches for their conduct during the Nazi era been disproportionately directed at the…
Taking the Islamic in “the Islamic state” seriously
I want to focus on Salomon’s argument that the secular state—in this case the British colonial one—is in the business…