A post-election world

“Politics is not reducible to elections, of course,” writes Jason Bivins in a post for The Immanent Frame. “Yet these contests—particularly the quadrennial spectacle that is a Presidential race—usually conclude with opportunities for political reflection.” In a post-election world many scholars have weighed in with their own political reflections, as well as projections, hopes, and fears for the upcoming presidency. Wendy Cadge discusses the controversy surrounding Proposition 8 in California, John D. Carlson reflects on our assumptions about justice and politics, and John Schmalzbauer points out the theological inclinations of President-elect Obama. In addition to these posts there are others by Howard Adelman, Arjun Appadurai, John Esposito, Roger Gottlieb, Conrad Hackett, D. Michael Lindsay, and Elizabeth Prodromou. 

At here & there, The Immanent Frame’s new “filter” blog, Nicole Greenfield has put together a roundup that considers the role religion played in the election (and the ways it might figure politically in the months ahead), and Ruth Braunstein has done the same with the Muslim vote and how Islam was portrayed in this election in “Voting in a year when ‘Muslim’ was a slur.”