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A project that explored the histories and genealogies of religious freedom The Politics of Religious Freedom project explored the concepts and practices that collect under the global rubric of religious freedom. Directed by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Saba Mahmood and Peter Danchin, it led to several published outputs between 2012 and 2015; these…
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A special issue of Studies in Indian Politics investigates the contemporary struggle to maintain democracy in the country. Democracy is a fragile construct. Nowhere is that clearer than in societies where pluralism and populism occupy the same geopolitical space. The Republic of India is one of the world’s largest nations by landmass. As a polity,…
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An episode of America Abroad documents the challenges Muslims, Jews, and Christians face when their social and spiritual worlds unexpectedly collide What does a mosque converted to a cathedral in the Middle Ages tell us about the complexity of religious life today? What are Muslim and Jewish leaders in the Netherlands doing to combat the…
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When Politics Are Sacralized explores the consequences of using religious claims to fuel nationalist political projects What happens when the competing political goals of nationalists are elevated to the plane of holy principles? How are boundaries made or remade? How is peace secured after violence erupts? How are identities shaped by political actors claimed by…
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A two-part episode of Peacemakers in Action The Peacemakers in Action Network is an interreligious alliance of spiritual leaders and scholars, who are motivated by their religious faith to arbitrate disputes in conflict zones throughout the world. The Peacemakers in Action podcast is one place where these arbitrators tell their stories. The responsibility of sharing…
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Robert W. Hefner is a professor of anthropology and global studies at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. Dr. Hefner has directed some twenty-one research projects and organized sixteen international conferences, drawing on specialists from political science, sociology, religious studies, anthropology, and law. He has authored or edited twenty-one books. His most…
