Journalists, politicians and even scholars in Europe commonly use the word “Muslim” to refer not to religion, but to a…
Queer faiths: Can conversions uncover and unsettle racialized religion?
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Keeping sex sexy: American evangelicalism and the problem of sexuality
Do Christians have the best sex? What kind of sex is best? And what does sex have to do with…
Mourning a political saint in Johannesburg
On December 6, 2013, I, along with millions of South Africans, woke to the news that Nelson Mandela had died.…
The civil religion of “I have a dream”
This Wednesday will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark "I have a dream" speech and the…
Preaching after the Trayvon Martin verdict
How can religion aid or complicate the ways in which people make sense of the trial of George Zimmerman and…
Race and secularism in America
On October 26 and 27, 2012, Vincent Lloyd and Jonathon Kahn will convene a workshop at Syracuse University on "Race and Secularism in America." From…
Don’t tread on me
Paul Kahn, in his rereading of Carl Schmitt by way of the American context, seeks to “depersonalize the sovereign.” As…
Is there a crisis of secularism in Western Europe?
Even quite sober academics speak of "a contemporary crisis of secularism," claiming that "today, political secularisms are in crisis in…
The politics of the atonement
To grasp the deep architecture of the political today, therefore, is to venture into the theological domains of Christology and…
Pluralizing political theology
My claim and concern is not only that Kahn is captured by Schmitt’s particular view of political theology as a…