Religion has been increasingly acknowledged in recent years as an important aspect of national and international politics, a pervasive and contentious cultural force, and a subject of significant public concern. Through a range of projects, the Council’s Program on Religion and the Public Sphere seeks to foster engagement and cooperation among social scientists and others working on religion, secularism, and related topics, to support new and innovative scholarship in this critical area of study, and to elevate the quality of both academic and public discussion.
The work of the SSRC’s Religion and the Public Sphere program is possible due to generous funding from The Henry Luce Foundation, The Fetzer Institute, and The Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Foundation.
Our Work
The Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal (RSDR) Fellowship of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) aims to bring knowledge of the place of religion and spirituality into scholarly and public conversations about renewing democracy in the United States.
The goal of the 2020 Summer Institute is to bring together early-career scholars conducting research on, or beginning new projects on, the ways in which religion intersects with two critical public issues: social justice movements and environmental crises.
The Immanent Frame serves as a forum for ongoing exchanges among leading thinkers across the social sciences and humanities, featuring original essays by invitation as well as dialogue series, book discussions, and more.
