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Magic, comedy and civic religion

Professor Howard Adelman has recently posted an essay on The Immanent Frame, a Social Science Research Council blog on secularism, religion, and the public sphere.

Neither American presidential candidate inspired me to believe that he could deal with (let alone resolve) the enormous financial crisis we face, or end the no-front wars being fought in Iraq, Afghanistan and a dozen other smaller hotspots around the globe. Though Obama may have a greater sense of justice, it is not clear how his health insurance plan or his bow to protectionism…(read more)

To read the rest of Howard’s essay, ”Magic, comedy and civic religion”, as well as a rich array of commentary on secularism, religion, and the public sphere, please visit The Immanent Frame at www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/