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Chapter 3 of The Production of American Religious Freedom
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Chapter 4 of The Production of American Religious Freedom
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Papers by Finbarr Curtis
Religion, 2016
While affirming Craig Martin's analysis of how the language of spiritual freedom celebrates i... more While affirming Craig Martin's analysis of how the language of spiritual freedom celebrates individual agency in a way that deflects attention from the institutional conditions that produce individuals, this essay wonders whether there are useful distinctions to be made among people who Martin reads as sharing uncritical appraisals of capitalist individualism. On the question of the relationship between individuals and social contexts, for example, William James's assessment of the role played by social and natural environments might distinguish him from contemporary subjects who describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious" and who seek to transcend institutional constraints to gain personal freedom. Different responses to alienation suggest that there might be some role for individual creativity and criticism as resources for imagining institutional change.
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Religion, 2012
This essay introduces a special forum on the study of American religions. The essays in the forum... more This essay introduces a special forum on the study of American religions. The essays in the forum consider what role, if any, the discipline of religious studies plays in shaping work within one area of specialization. This introduction attempts to place the issues raised by the contributors within the context of debates about the status of religious studies in the wake of critiques of sui generis approaches to the study of religion. In different ways, the essays argue that some kind of critical theoretical reflection is necessary for religious studies to make sense as a discipline.
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The Hedgehog Review, 2011
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Journal of Religion, Oct 2011
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Religion, 2010
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
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Blog Posts by Finbarr Curtis
This post looks at charges that Ted Cruz was using Anti-Semitic code when he accused Donald Trump... more This post looks at charges that Ted Cruz was using Anti-Semitic code when he accused Donald Trump of embodying "New York values."
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Leviathan and You, Feb 10, 2016
Looks at the controversy surrounding Simon Newman's attempt to use innovative corporate managemen... more Looks at the controversy surrounding Simon Newman's attempt to use innovative corporate management to creatively destroy Mount St. Mary's University.
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This post considers what is at stake in calls for a "big tent" that includes Christian theology w... more This post considers what is at stake in calls for a "big tent" that includes Christian theology within religious studies.
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A response to Gregg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt's "The Coddling of the American Mind."
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Leviathan and You, Apr 5, 2015
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Leviathan and You, Mar 22, 2015
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Frequencies: A Collaborative Genealogy of Spirituality, Nov 2011
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Immanent Frame
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The Immanent Frame, Sep 2011
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The Immanent Frame, Aug 2010
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