The Immanent Frame publishes original perspectives on secularism, religion, and the public sphere. An @SSRC_org program.
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NEW | In her essay, @samirakmehta (@CUBoulder) contemplates the "conservative impulses" behind birth control. She writes, "Women ... achieved our collective liberation by appropriating ... a tool that they had intended for the perfection of the family."
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The Immanent Frame, published by the @ssrc_org, has long served as a central site for debate and analysis of the role of religion in public life. We’re thrilled to share a refreshed version of the website:
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New Forum | Jonathan Gold (@PrincetonCCSR) coedits and introduces "Karmic historiography," a forum that "draws on Buddhist concepts to create fresh perspectives on contemporary and historical issues."
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NEW | David McMahan (@FandMCollege) continues our "Karmic historiography" forum. He observes,
"The unique psychic state of our era, the scrolling mind, is fashioned to keep the light of critical thought low and the wire of impulse hot."
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Only a few days left! Remember to submit your essays by Monday, January 6!
CALL FOR ESSAYS | The Immanent Frame is welcoming essay submissions on the theme of US politics and religion until the sixth of January. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please share widely!
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To catch up on the debates featured @ImmanentFrame this year, read our top essays of 2024, featuring reflections by Laura Levitt, Walaa Quisay, J. Barton Scott, and many others.
tif.ssrc.org/2024/12/11/most…
CALL FOR ESSAYS | The Immanent Frame is welcoming essay submissions on the theme of US politics and religion until the sixth of January. Submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please share widely!
tif.ssrc.org/2024/11/26/autu…
NEW | @wmstell explores Biblical literalism's role among American evangelicals, especially when making arguments about marrying same-sex couples and ordaining LGBTQ people.
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New | @R_C_Schneider revisits her 2014 essay "Jesus, religion, and revolution in the South African elections" in the wake of ANC's historic 2024 loss. How have faith leaders shaped South Africa’s political past—and how are they hoping to shape its future?
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NEW | Today, William Cavanaugh closes our Ruinations forum with an incisive question: Does "religion and violence" discourse get to the root of violence, or does it point us towards certain kinds of violence while making it possible to ignore others?
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NEW | "Mughal neopaganism and the romance of history," Azfar Moin asks: What happens when one looks to Mughal history to rethink contemporary debates about the relationship between secularism and religious violence?
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NEW | "Rabid for a peace," @suusreport's reflection on the path from frustration to violence among incel mass murderers--and how those moments teach us about what happens when society breaks down.
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NEW | "When mercy doesn’t season justice: Rights versus humanitarian relief," anthropologist Arzoo Osanloo's essay about the consequences of displacing rights-based models of justice with models for justice based on inegalitarian calls for mercy.
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We could not be more pleased to announce that new members have joined our editorial board: Shahzad Bashir, @cfurey, Jonathan Gold, @DrAhmadGH, Laura Levitt, @ENOgden, and @myrnperez.
We thank our outgoing board for their years of service and vision!
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NEW | "Rhetorics of violence after the war," @NeenaMahadev discusses the sentiments of religious difference that pattern violence after civil war in Sri Lanka.
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NEW | "Carceral afterlives: Recording my father’s prison memoirs," Walaa Quisay's autoethnographic reflection on carcerality, thought, politics, and teaching.
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NEW | "Building the world that must be," @lauramctighe and Deon Haywood share in conversation with Camille Roane about Black feminist alternative futures on Women With A Vision's front porch.
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NEW | "The dead ends of Hindu supremacy," @moyukh_c (@EdinburghUni) examines the everyday lives of Hindu supremacists in India.
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|!The Immanent Frame has launched its newest forum: "Ruinations: Violence in these times"!|
The introduction by Mark Juergensmeyer and first essay by Laura Levitt can be found here: tif.ssrc.org/category/ruinat…
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Check out this new essay by Alexander Englert @the_IAS and Jonathan Gold @PrincetonCCSR, who describe bringing together experts in German Idealism and experts in Buddhist philosophy and leaving them "gobsmacked" by the overlap and its possibilities: tif.ssrc.org/2024/07/31/viru…
William Robert (@religionSU) bookends the "Experimental books" forum with a beautiful reflection on "writing without nets," risky and daring and worthwhile. Read it here: tif.ssrc.org/2024/07/17/writ…
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For a refresher on the questions that prompted the forum, and another invitation to consider writing as a matter of aliveness and care, read @MonaOrabee's opening essay: tif.ssrc.org/2024/06/19/expe…
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