Charisma and Seduction by Vincent Lloyd

*** This piece was originally published by The Immanent Frame on January 5, 2018 (https://tif.ssrc.org/2018/01/05/charisma-and-seduction/) Image via Flickr User John W. Iwanski (https://www.flickr.com/photos/usachicago/31672543383/) *** Producers, actors, politicians, businessmen, and professors: acclaimed men in these professions have recently been exposed as perpetrators of sexual violence. Powerful men abuse their power, and women are often the victims….

Charles Mathewes for the Washington Post on White Christianity

Religion and Its Publics Co-Director Charles Mathewes recently contributed to the Washington Post with a piece entitled “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.” Read the full article below. *** “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat” Charles Mathewes | December 19, 2017 It’s that…

Outsiderness: A Warning by Natalie Carnes

January 12, 2018 After the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation and the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency, I find myself wondering about institutional insiders and outsiders. I wonder, in particular, about the appeal of outsiders and the status of being outside—what we might call outsiderness. What do we want outsiderness to give to…

Jane Little for BBC on August 11 & 12 in Charlottesville

Religion and Its Publics’ own Jane Little tells the story behind that infamous August weekend in Charlottesville: how clergy trained for weeks to disrupt the far right marchers, of the MLK scholar-activist-musician who trained them, and of what it represents in an ongoing struggle for the soul of American Christianity. Click here to listen to the…

Jane Little on August 11th & 12th in Charlottesville

Our own Jane Little tells the story behind that infamous August weekend in Charlottesville: how clergy trained for weeks to disrupt the far right marchers, of the MLK scholar-activist-musician who trained them, and of what it represents in an ongoing struggle for the soul of American Christianity. Listen to the full program here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csvzm6