In a recent symposium held by the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Social Science Research Council and the…
Judith Butler and Cornel West in conversation
Rethinking secularism
One of the earliest discussions on The Immanent Frame taking the conversations around secularism to a new level.
Mute symbols of Islam
The public visibility of religious and cultural signs of Islam expresses the presence of Muslim actors in European countries. The…
A postsecular world society?: An interview with Jürgen Habermas
"We should not throw out the baby with the bathwater. The debate over the sociological thesis of secularization has led…
Radical Orthodoxy’s new home?
This past November, a new think tank called ResPublica was launched in London, in the opulent surrounds of the Royal…
Muslims in European public spheres and the limits of liberal theories of citizenship
Recent events in Europe, from the cartoon crisis in Denmark to the controversy over the construction of minarets in Switzerland,…
The cross: more than religion?
On Wednesday, April 28, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Salazar v. Buono, its latest effort…
Crossed signals and grave misunderstandings
In Sunday school I learned that the cross points to the empty tomb. Given how easily theological concepts jump the…
Crossing the sacred secular
In her essay on Salazar v. Buono, Winni Sullivan ponders why crosses present such a difficulty for the modern, secular nation-state, and…
Secularism, secularization, and why the difference matters
Several decades ago, well before there had been any concerted effort among historians and sociologists of religion to trash the…
Debating secularization
In his earlier post, Vincent Pecora suggests an “unfinished project” approach to secularization. He also hints that the difference between secularization…