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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. Program Components Call for Proposals: 2020 Summer Institute for Early-Career Scholars Religion, Spirituality, and Democratic Renewal Fellowship The Immanent Frame Archived Contending Modernities New Directions in the Study of Prayer Religion and International Affairs Religion, Media, and Digitization Religion and the United Nations Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life Events View all → Mar 15 th 2013 Authority, Community, Identity I Nov 9 th 2012 Science and the Human Person: Engaging Tradition and Informing Public Discourse Oct 24 th 2012 Religion and the United Nations: Religion, Development, and World Affairs Jun 5 th 2011 Religion and International Affairs Dissertation Workshop Recent Publications View all → Religion, Media, and the Digital Turn Habermas and Religion eds. Craig Jackson Calhoun and Eduardo Mendieta Religion, Development, and the United Nations ed. 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