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On “Religious Symbols” and the Politics of Perception
by Matt SheedyOn September 10, 2013, the government of Québec made international headlines with a controversial proposal, Bill 60, more commonly referred to as the “Charter of Values.” The Bill would...
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Reflexive Religious Studies: A Note
Jason Ānanda Josephson* This post originally appeared on the author’s blog.I’ve been lecturing about and, even calling for, what I term “Reflexive Religious Studies” for some time. My comments about it...
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The Study of Religion and Responses to Terrorism: Paris, Beirut and Beyond,...
by Stephanie FrankDeeply concerned by events unfolding immediately before the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) 2015 annual meeting in Atlanta, Todd Green and I put together a panel addressing the...
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The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism:...
Editor’s note: The follow is an interview with Mayanthi Fernando, Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, on her book, The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the...
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Feminism and Free Choice in the Burkini Affair
by Matt SheedyThe image of a woman being forced to remove layers of clothing on a beach in Nice last month by four armed police sparked protest from around the world, and is the latest incident in...
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Religious Symbols with a Hipster-Sikh Twist
by Matt Sheedy For those paying attention to Canadian politics these days (beyond the occasional swoon-fest over Justin Trudeau, Canada’s “super hot Prime Minister”) one of the more popular figures to...
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