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The Power and Privilege of Catholicism in France

June 3, 2021Kali Handelman, Elayne Oliphant

Kali Handelman interviews Elayne Oliphant about her new book, The Privilege of Being Banal: Art, Secularism, and Catholicism in...

Conversation

Secular Sex and Social Justice

October 6, 2020Kali Handelman, Janet Jakobsen

Kali Handelman interviews Janet Jakobsen about her book The Sex Obsession and what it can teach us about today's...

Perspective

The Trump Era’s Tribalism Discourse: Reflections on a "Weird Euphemism"

May 6, 2020Charles McCrary

Why are politicians and pundits describing the current political climate as one marked by "tribalism"?

Field Note

The Notre-Dame Fire and France’s National Reconstruction Project

April 26, 2019Elayne Oliphant

Will repairing Notre Dame reinforce the inequality it has long-represented?

Conversation

Sparking Joy: Religion, Representation & Marie Kondo

February 20, 2019Tara Fickle, Andrew Way Leong, Grace En-Yi Ting

A roundtable about what's really going on — and what's at stake — in Tidying Up

Excerpt

Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism

September 10, 2018Emily Ogden

Excerpt from Emily Ogden's new book, Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism (Chicago, 2018).

In the News

In the News: Heavenly Bodies, Robot Funerals, and Kanye

May 23, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing

Review

Landscapes of the Secular

February 12, 2018Jay Ramesh

Jay Ramesh reviews Landscapes of the Secular: Law, Religion, and American Sacred Space by Nicolas Howe

Field Note

God is Good, Part 2: Field Notes from Nigeria

November 16, 2017Fortune Onyiorah

A series of vignettes from Southern Nigeria by Fortune Onyiorah

Review

Excursions in Unbelief: Retrieving Religion’s “Antitype” in U.S. History

September 8, 2017

Geoffrey Pollick reviews Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation by Leigh Eric Schmidt

Feature

The Crescent, The Cross, The Star, The Void

June 1, 2017

A conversation with photographer Oscar B. Castillo about photographing subjects on France's margins.

Feature

Images of the Void

June 1, 2017

Anthropologist Elayne Oliphant on photographer Oscar B. Castillo's depictions of secular and religious space in Paris.

In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries

April 4, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Reading & Resisting

February 9, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

Translating Scholarship: Can academics and the media work together?

August 31, 2016

Professors and reporters need to find new ways to work together to shape public discourse on religion argues Elayne...

Review

Losing Its Religion? Orange Is the New Black’s Postsecular Spiritual Turn

July 1, 2016

Geoffrey Pollick watches religion move through the background of Orange is the New Black's fourth season.

In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!

May 2, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Secularism, Nationalism, Pastafarianism, and more!

February 11, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Apps, Apologies, Apocalypse and more!

July 15, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In the News - Heathens, Hymns, and Holy Men

July 8, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In The News: #LoveWins, #TakeItDown, #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches

July 2, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In the News: Candles, Kombucha, Crocodiles, and more!

May 15, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

Seeking a Whole Life: Muhammad Asad’s Critique of the Secular Self

February 24, 2015

Suzanne Schneider asks new and important questions about the life and work of Muhammad Asad.

In the News: Paris, Witches, the CNN Apocalypse, and more!

January 26, 2015

A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news.

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The Power and Privilege of Catholicism in France

Secular Sex and Social Justice

The Trump Era’s Tribalism Discourse: Reflections on a "Weird Euphemism"

The Notre-Dame Fire and France’s National Reconstruction Project

Sparking Joy: Religion, Representation & Marie Kondo

Credulity: A Cultural History of US Mesmerism

In the News: Heavenly Bodies, Robot Funerals, and Kanye

Landscapes of the Secular

God is Good, Part 2: Field Notes from Nigeria

Excursions in Unbelief: Retrieving Religion’s “Antitype” in U.S. History

The Crescent, The Cross, The Star, The Void

Images of the Void

In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries

In the News: Reading & Resisting

Translating Scholarship: Can academics and the media work together?

Losing Its Religion? Orange Is the New Black’s Postsecular Spiritual Turn

In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!

In the News: Secularism, Nationalism, Pastafarianism, and more!

In the News: Apps, Apologies, Apocalypse and more!

In the News - Heathens, Hymns, and Holy Men

In The News: #LoveWins, #TakeItDown, #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches

In the News: Candles, Kombucha, Crocodiles, and more!

Seeking a Whole Life: Muhammad Asad’s Critique of the Secular Self

In the News: Paris, Witches, the CNN Apocalypse, and more!

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