Quick overview of current thoughts.

-Why is there not a strong Christian Left in the United States?

-What would a anthopology of Christianity look like? (See Gil Anidjar's article, On an Anthopology of Christianity)

- I would like to see a study on Christian subjectivities in the Age of Secularism. Someone write this, please.

- Could the Religious Right (read neoconservative) be pursuing, paradoxically, the same ends as the secular state, depite the fact that they advocate a stronger religious presence in the public sphere? What does this actually mean?

- How can Christian subjectivites be re-established after the surrender of Christian traditions and Christian reasoning to the modern secular state? How do these discourses lead us to the same ends? Can they be reclaimed?

Current readings:

Why I am not a Secularist by William E. Connolly

Secularism, Hermeneutics, and Empire - The Politics of Islamic Reformation by Saba Mahmood

Foucault on Freedom and Truth by Charles Taylor

Secularism by Gil Anidjar

Is Critique Secular by Talal Asad (On the Immanent Frame blog)

The Ethical Soundscape - Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics by Charles Hirschkind

Formations of the Secular - Christianity, Islam, Modernity by Talal Asad