Recent Publications by Project Members
Jewish State, Islamic State: All States are Religious
— by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Waking up to Still Being a Faith-Based Nation
— by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
International Conferences
Delhi (January 2009): Religious Freedom, Pluralism, and Secularisms
Istanbul (July 2008): The History and Politics of Secularism
Conferences
This four year project features a series of annual conferences and workshops that bring together scholars and professionals, from the U.S. and abroad, for sustained inquiry and conversation. The first conference, Religion, the Secular and Democracy: Competing Narratives, Alternative Models, was held in 2007 at Arizona State University. The second conference on the History and Politics of Secularisms was held in Istanbul (July, 2008), and the third conference in Delhi (January, 2009) focused on issues of religious freedom and pluralism in relation to the varying models of secularism and the secular state. The final conference, to be held at Arizona State University (2010), will focus explicitly on the issue of gender, considering how gender and contentions over the role of women are implicated in the dynamics of religion and secularism in the contemporary world.
Conferences
- Religion, Secularism and Democracy: Competing
Narratives, Alternative Models
(March 23, 2007: Arizona State University) - Religion, Secularism and Democracy: The History
and Politics of Secularisms
(July 6-9, 2008: Istanbul) - Religion, Secularism and Democracy: Religious
Freedom, Pluralism, and Secularisms
(January 5-7, 2009: Delhi) - Religion, Secularism and Democracy: Through the Lens of Gender
(2010: Arizona State University)