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Satire, Sacredness, and Questioning the Lasting Political Significance of the “Charlie Hebdo” Shootings

February 19, 2015 Leave a Comment
"Je Suis Charlie 13"

David Feltmate I keep asking myself this question as I read ever more commentary from media pundits and bloggers who are all condemning the killing of 12 people in Paris, France on January 7, 2015: You study religion and satire, can you make sense of this Charlie Hedbo…what do we call it now?  

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Modern Greece and the Politics of the Sacred

February 12, 2015 Leave a Comment
"Tsipras, Syriza!"

Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. Edmund Burke (1729-1797) referred famously to “the consecrated state.” G.W.F Hegel (1770-1831) spoke of the modern democratic state almost as if it were a “temple” dedicated to human freedom. Both men came to their startlingly spiritual views of modern politics and the modern state by reflecting critically on the French Revolution and its aftermath.

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Seven Questions for Suzanne Glover Lindsay

November 20, 2014 Leave a Comment

What sparked the idea for writing this book? Like many researchers, I smelled a story in the gaps and disparities within even the newest work on a great topic: nineteenth-century French sculpture. Some of its most famous examples were funerary monuments that were hailed as artistic masterpieces or as key players in France’s political history without any significant reference to their intended purpose as parts of tombs.

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Daily Sacred

August 26, 2014 Leave a Comment

Photo by Susan Hayden Taken in Douarnanez, Brittany, France August, 2007. Show us your sacred! Share your images with us by tagging your photos with #sacredmatters on Twitter, Flickr, Instagram, Tumblr or email us at sacredmatters@emory.edu. Please include where and when

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Halal Hysteria and Secularity

July 31, 2014 1 Comment
"Halal Kitchen" by 12th St David

By Hasan Azad Do Muslims belong in the West? This is the real question behind the recent halal hysteria in Britain. This is also the question behind previous—and, no doubt, future—questions about the headscarf (hijab), about the face veil (niqab),

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Secularity and Secularism, Islam and Muslims: A Conversation between Daniel Martin Varisco and Hasan Azad

June 12, 2014 Leave a Comment

Hasan Azad:  Do Muslims belong in the West? This is a question that is being asked with increasing force in Euro-America. Central to the way in which this discourse is being constructed are discussions about secularism. I’m interested in exploring

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