@ImmanentFrame

The Immanent Frame publishes original perspectives on secularism, religion, and the public sphere. An @SSRC_org program.

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NEW | In her essay, @samirakmehta (@CUBoulder) contemplates the "conservative impulses" behind birth control. She writes, "Women ... achieved our collective liberation by appropriating ... a tool that they had intended for the perfection of the family." tif.ssrc.org/2026/03/26/disc…

Discovering a not-so feminist history

I decided to write my third book, God Bless the Pill, about the mid-twentieth-century history of birth control in 2011. […]

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The Immanent Frame, published by the @ssrc_org, has long served as a central site for debate and analysis of the role of religion in public life. We’re thrilled to share a refreshed version of the website: tif.ssrc.org/2026/03/18/rein…
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SSRC@ssrc_orgMar 18
Since 2007, @ImmanentFrame has served as a central node for vibrant analysis of the role of religion in public life. We’re thrilled to share a refreshed version of the TIF website, marking a new chapter and enhancing the visibility of TIF’s scholarly work: tif.ssrc.org/

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The Immanent Frame explores religion, secularism, and the public sphere through scholarly essays, thematic forums, and critical conversations.

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The SSRC mourns the loss of philosopher and social theorist Jürgen Habermas (1929–2026). Read on to revisit some of Habermas’ contributions to SSRC’s work on religion and the public sphere @ImmanentFrame.
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“The Dilemmas of Digital Samsara,” originally published in SSRC’s @ImmanentFrame, is featured in @tricyclemag’s Spring 2026 issue. Read David McMahan’s account of digital samsara and how to approach karma, or action, in the online world: tricycle.org/magazine/buddhi…

The Dilemmas of Digital Samsara

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NEW | David McMahan (@FandMCollege) continues our "Karmic historiography" forum. He observes, "The unique psychic state of our era, the scrolling mind, is fashioned to keep the light of critical thought low and the wire of impulse hot." tif.ssrc.org/2025/08/13/algo… @ssrc_org

Algorithmic karma in digital samsara

I stand in line at the grocery store, my jittery trigger-thumb summoning successive apparitions of image, sound, and text that […]

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New Forum | Jonathan Gold (@PrincetonCCSR) coedits and introduces "Karmic historiography," a forum that "draws on Buddhist concepts to create fresh perspectives on contemporary and historical issues." tif.ssrc.org/2025/08/06/karm… @ssrc_org

Karmic historiography

A lawyer friend explained it to me this way: Since the 1980s, lawyers with specialized expertise and exclusive relationships—especially those […]

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Read Jonathan Gold's new essay introducing @ImmanentFrame's series on Karmic Historiography: "Call it karmic historiography when we interrogate history for where it is, potentially, the outcome of accumulated moral acts—whether positive or negative." tif.ssrc.org/2025/08/06/karm…

Karmic historiography

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