...liberty historically grounded in the separation of church and state.” American leaders must tread carefully, and ultimately, Preston argues for religious liberty to be at the forefront of American democratization...
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Nicholas Wolterstorff’s fear of the secular
secular voices of various sorts presenting…and explaining…[their] views.” Dialogical pluralism is an art whose virtues involve not simply “listen[ing] attentively and openly to alternative views,” but potentially what Wolterstorff calls...
Teaching religion: Refusing the Schempp myth of origins
the Supreme Court and its decisions—indeed, with religious freedom, American style. It is surprisingly common for religious studies scholars, particularly, but not exclusively, those teaching at US public universities, to...
Violence, publicity, and sovereignty
...The conception and execution of terrorism is both a method of violence and a method of publicity. Media Effects The media has expanded rapidly in India in recent years—with nearly...
Eagleton against reluctant nonbelief
...One wonders how this impeccably liberal author would react to being told that free speech and civil rights were all bunkum, but that they had their social uses and so...
Is Masterpiece Cakeshop a church?
...Devoutness implies more than usual attention to religious matters. Pious. Does this additional word reflect the Court’s acknowledgment that virtually all Americans are sincere Christians but that a subset—mostly socially...
Defining “theodicy” (Part II)
...a bit broad, and roughly consonant with what I outlined previously, one quickly sees that under Kant’s view the phenomenal consideration of the order of things can never cross into...
Transcendence in the brain
spiritual experience, and again and again they draw similarly extravagant claims from their findings. Until those conducting such research start talking to each other and acquire a bit of epistemic...
Changing of the guard
...of Sojourners, and megachurch pastors such as Joel Hunter, both of whom personally know the president-elect? Certainly, personal interaction with the president raises the stock of an evangelical leader. The...
An interview, full of Doubt
...Our differences were testosteronic. It was really about educational philosophy. The Sisters of Charity were a little bit more laissez faire. It was evident from the way that they talked...