Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning: Encountering Our Legal Other is a curious book, in part because it came out of a…
Islamic and Jewish Legal Reasoning: An introduction
sociology of religion
Remembering Martin Riesebrodt
On December 6, 2014, influential sociologist of religion Martin Riesebrodt died at the age of 66. Professor Riesebrodt was the author of…
Religion on the Edge
A new book, Religion on the Edge: De-centering and Re-centering the Sociology of Religion, edited by TIF contributors Courtney Bender, Wendy Cadge, Peggy Levitt and David…
Subjects, spirituality, and smoking: An interview with Hubert Knoblauch
After discussing the general contours of the sociology of religion in Germany today (see part 1), I had a chance…
The view from Berlin: An interview with Hubert Knoblauch
Hubert Knoblauch is a professor of sociology at the Technical University of Berlin, where he specializes in general sociological theory,…
Enter the Post-Secular
It was, then, a stirring sight to see Habermas sit down with Cardinal Ratzinger in 2004 for a philosophical dialogue.…
Paul Froese featured in New Voices
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) recently featured Paul Froese in their New Voices section, which recognizes leading scholars in…
In defense of the sociology of religion
In a recent contribution to ASA Footnotes, Christian Smith explains why it is crucial for sociologists to take religion seriously,…
Durkheim and belief
This Friday, March 30, at 12:30pm, the Committee for the Study of Religion at the City University of New York…
Understanding resacralization (part 3)
Should religious discourse be welcomed in the public sphere, or should we require that it first be translated into secular…