The Immanent Frame publishes interdisciplinary perspectives on secularism, religion, and the public sphere. TIF serves as a forum for ongoing exchanges among leading thinkers across the social sciences and humanities, featuring invited contributions and original essays that have not been previously published in print or online.

Contributors have included Gil Anidjar, Abdullahi An-Na`im, Arjun Appadurai, Talal Asad, Akeel Bilgrami, Robert Bellah, Wendy Brown, Craig Calhoun, José Casanova, Dipesh Chakrabarty, William E. Connolly, Veena Das, Hent de Vries, John Esposito, Tracy Fessenden, Nilüfer Göle, Charles Hirschkind, David Hollinger, Hans Joas, Mark Juergensmeyer, Saba Mahmood, Tomoko Masuzawa, Leigh Eric Schmidt, Joan Wallach Scott, Jonathan Z. Smith, Winnifred Fallers Sullivan, Charles Taylor, Mark C. Taylor, Michael Warner, and many others.

Founded in October of 2007 in conjunction with the Social Science Research Council’s program on Religion and the Public Sphere, The Immanent Frame was named an official honoree by the Webby Awards and a “favorite new religion site, egghead division” by The Revealer. CNN has called The Immanent Frame “exceptionally eye opening.”

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While contributions to The Immanent Frame are generally by invitation, we welcome inquiries and suggestions, especially regarding potential contributions to one of our ongoing discussions and exchanges. We encourage readers to join these discussions by commenting on individual posts (all comments are reviewed prior to posting). Questions regarding editorial policy and terms of use should be directed to the editor.

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