This forum explores a set of interlocking questions concerning how we approach the study of public religion. How and when,…
Rethinking public religion: Word, image, sound
public religions
Public religions and the postsecular
The latest issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion contains the presidential address of British sociologist James Beckford. In it, Beckford…
Understanding resacralization (part 3)
Should religious discourse be welcomed in the public sphere, or should we require that it first be translated into secular…
Google, God, and the public
Google's attempt to bring its Street View service to Germany has met with strong opposition. Given the country's history, the…
Discussing mosques, minarets, and crosses
Ruthie, Grace and David here, reporting live from the IWM International Summer School in Philosophy and Politics in Cortona, Italy.…
Embedded religion in Asia
The secularity of modern Asian states has by no means led to widespread social secularity, Taylor's second secularity, a decline…