Sociologists Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry engage one another in critical dialogue around White Christian Nationalism in the United States.
Practices of relation: Gorski and Perry
religion and politics
Figurations of menace
This essay is about fear, menace, violence, and the question of “the people.”
Does the United States need a religious left?
Such sudden injunctions to mobilize religion for political gains ignore the fact that progressive and radical religious movements have been…
The religious left: Memory, trajectory, relevance
What is the “religious left” and what are its prospects for responding to the current moment of authoritarian populism? The…
Constituting Religion—An introduction
Most Muslim-majority countries have legal systems that are meant to embed religion in state law. In many cases, the broad…
Before anything, above all: No decision
While phrases such as “Brazil first,” “America first,” or “Brexit is Brexit” may suggest a will to restore sovereignty around…
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…
The evangelicals abroad
The "international turn" of American evangelicalism constitutes one of the most distinctive dimensions of the resurgence of conservative Protestantism in…
Sex and secularism after Trump
Together, Sex and Secularism and In the Name of Women’s Rights considerably deepen and extend the conversation into which I…
The “woman question” as symptomatic of imperialism
I want to bring the arguments of Farris and Scott into conversation with two other recent publications in order to…