Professor Marcia Pally aptly describes the evangelical polyphony of our time. Despite the dreadful habit of newspapers of using the term…
Rethinking that word “evangelical”
religion and politics
Evangelicals who have left the right
Post-election reporting that 79 percent of white evangelicals voted for Mitt Romney got little attention in the news because most…
Justice and reconciliation
Recent history is full of episodes of egregious, widespread and often systematic wrongdoing: genocide, torture, and mass killing. Cambodia, South…
A new theory on political wounds
Daniel Philpott has written an impressive book that offers a new conception of political reconciliation for the field of transitional…
Religion and the election
Several months ago, it seemed religion might be a notable factor in the 2012 presidential election.
After Sandy: Presidential rhetoric and visions of solidarity
On Monday afternoon as Hurricane Sandy threatened landfall, President Obama warned reporters gathered at the White House that the storm would…
Peter Manseau on religion as America’s “first freedom”
New Directions in the Study of Prayer grantee Peter Manseau observes that both the Obama and Romney campaigns describe religious…
Relevance of religious episteme in search of a just peace
Daniel Philpott’s book, Just and Unjust Peace, can be regarded as a milestone for policymakers and academics looking for ways…
Elizabeth Hurd on reimagining religious freedom as resistance
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, co-Guest Editor of the TIF discussion series The politics of religious freedom, reflects on the sometimes paradoxical…
CFP: 2013 Telos Conference
The 2013 Telos Conference is currently seeking paper submissions on the subject of Religion and Politics in a Post-Secular World.