In Globalized Islam, a brilliant exegesis of the movement of Islam beyond traditional borders and its unwitting westernization, Olivier Roy argues that Islamic revival, or “re-Islamization,” results from the efforts of westernized Muslims to assert their identity in a non-Muslim...

n n nnMarian Ronan is the author of Tracing the Sign of the Cross: Sexuality, Mourning, and the Future of American Catholicsm. This interview originally appeared in EqualwRites (EwR)nnEwR: Can we begin by asking the significance of its title, Tracing...

The following is an interview with Greg Robinson, author of A Tragedy of Democracy: Japanese Confinement in North AmericannQ: Is there any need for a new book on Japanese Americans and World War II? Many have already been written, including...

The following is an interview with Jeffrey Robbins, one of the co-editors of Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and CulturennQuestion: Clayton Crockett wrote that insurrectionist theology is not politically neutral and is critical of corporate capitalism. Can you elaborate...

The following is an interview with Daniel Rigney, author of The Matthew Effect: How Advantage Begets Further AdvantagennQ: What is the “Matthew effect”?nnDaniel Rigney: The distinguished sociologist Robert Merton coined the term “Matthew effect” in 1968 to refer to the...

The following is an interview with Sophie Richardson, author of China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful CoexistencennQuestion: What are the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence? Are they really still relevant to China’s leaders, especially given that the era...