This book presents a set of critical engagements by writers from a variety of disciplines with the work of noted anthropologist Talal Asad.

Secularism is usually thought to contain the project of self-deification, in which humans attack God’s authority in order to take his place, freed from all co

“A dark but brilliantly original work . . . one of the most important books on religion and the modern in recent years.” —H-Net Reviews Opening with the p

In Secular Translations, the anthropologist Talal Asad reflects on his lifelong engagement with secularism and its contradictions. He draws out the ambiguities

Conflicts involving religion have returned to the forefront of international relations. And yet political scientists and policymakers have continued to assume t