June 21, 2021 Yelle, Robert. Sovereignty and the Sacred: Secularism and the Political Economy of Religion. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,

January 14, 2021 Méadhbh McIvor. Representing God: Christian Legal Activism in Contemporary England. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2020. How is it,

December 11, 2020 If the 2020 pandemic is not to become “another tragedy of history from which we learned nothing,”

November 6, 2020 Anderson, Amanda, Rita Felski, and Toril Moi. Character: Three Inquiries in Literary Studies. Chicago: University of Chicago

October 29, 2020 Echoing and building on his prior calls for “the growth of a culture of encounter,” in Fratelli

August 31, 2020 Lamb, Michael, and Brian A. Williams, eds. Everyday Ethics: Moral Theology and The Practices of Ordinary Life.

Although the sudden emergence of a novel form of coronavirus might bring Martin Luther to mind, it is revealing that many apparently

Paul Dafydd Jones (University of Virginia, Co-Director of Religion and its Publics) recently interviewed Mari Joerstad (The Kenan Institute for Ethics,

As Jewish children raised in Morningside Heights (also known as Cathedral Parkway), New York City, plagues were a topic reserved

Paul Dafydd Jones (University of Virginia) recently interviewed Ruth Jackson Ravenscroft (Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge) about her new book The Veiled God:

Writing in The Guardian, Eric Beinhocker offers a stirring commentary on the current global climate strike, which is led by

Charles Mathewes, co-director of the Religion and Its Publics project, has recently started a blog entitled "We Are the Times,"

Religion and Its Publics' own Evan Sandsmark recently reported a story for Sacred & Profane, a new podcast produced by

Over the past few weeks, we published a series of responses to Darren Dochuk’s Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final response to Darren Dochuk’s Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and Crude Made Modern

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of four responses to Darren Dochuk’s Anointed with Oil: How Christianity and

Religion and Its Publics’ own Jane Little recently produced a three-part series for the BBC entitled "Fork in the Road."

Religion and Its Publics’ own Jane Little recently produced a three-part series for the BBC entitled "Fork in the Road."

Elisabeth Becker-Topkara, postdoctoral fellow for the Religion and Its Publics project, recently published a piece in the Washington Post on

November 9, 2018 The alt-right is a specific political and social ecosystem that has many nodes. The best article that

November 7, 2018 While others have offered reflections on the alt-right from the standpoints of political science, sociology, and American

October 29, 2018 Race, religion, and politics have long shared a space in American discourse. In the 1920s, the Ku

September 24, 2018 Towards the end of his bold attempt to write a history of reason itself in just a

September 14, 2018 In A New History of African Christian Thought: From Cape to Cairo (Routledge, 2017), David Tonghou Ngong

August 15, 2018 In a piece for Political Theology, Luis Aranguiz brings up interesting points and poignant questions about the

July 9, 2018 The Trump phenomenon has scholars feverishly adding to the already burgeoning literature on populism. Yet, the relationship

June 20, 2018 The United Methodist Church doesn’t often hit the headlines but it has after more than 600 of

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to bake a wedding cake

May 3, 2018 The past century or so of evangelical history in America might best be understood as a story

March 23, 2018 Religion and Its Publics Co-Director Paul Dafydd Jones writes in response to Peter Ormerod's recent article for

March 8, 2018 Below, Religion and Its Publics Co-Director Charles Mathewes weighs in on Daniel Silliman's recent Washington Post article, "Protestantism

*** 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

Religion and Its Publics' own Jane Little tells the story behind that infamous August weekend in Charlottesville: how clergy trained for

*** A response to this piece was posted by Hannah Schell, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Monmouth College,

Isaac Barnes May & Sarah Azaransky Sarah Azaransky, Assistant Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, just released her

A recent study reported that Christians are more likely than people of other or no faiths to believe that people

    Daniel Cox No single trend has transformed the American religious landscape so rapidly and challenged traditional notions of

Jun 8, 2017 "We won't walk by on the other side.” Those were the words of British Labour Party leader,

Why are so many American Christians seemingly unbothered by the gutting of the institutions and policies dedicated to protecting our

March 24, 2017 When your democratic republic and unchecked global, political, and ecological trends feel as though they're hurtling in