One question I have been thinking about is whether contested political theologies can coexist with collective governance, which would have…
An American political theology?
religion and politics
Church State Corporation—An introduction
Following this introduction, five dialogues will be published in which Sullivan was paired with another scholar to discuss Church State…
Catholicism and European politics: Two new trends
I want to offer a reflection on two religious developments in contemporary Europe that highlight but also challenge Roy’s account…
Self-inflicted wounds: The Church and dissipation of Christianity in Europe
[I]t bears emphasizing that the Roman Catholic Church itself is complicit in ensuring Christianity’s disappearance in Europe, even more fundamentally…
Are societies religious? (Or is there a better question?)
As I read Roy, he reserves a place for a religion that is not admixed with other types of things,…
Questions of power and privilege in Europe’s relationship with Christianity
It is not whether Europe is Christian or not that matters. What matters is who is asking the question and…
Practices of relation: Gorski and Perry
Sociologists Philip Gorski and Samuel Perry engage one another in critical dialogue around White Christian Nationalism in the United States.
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…