...that the exchanges in this shop mean nothing without the commerce outside. That dusty street and their worldly, profane interchange may in fact be the anchor that grounds the whole...
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by Nathan Schneider
Reverence for words
At First Things, Stefan McDaniel takes a stand against blogging: Someone recently encouraged me to write more, because “words aren’t lifeblood. Words are cheap.” Words are certainly held cheap, and...
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by Mbaye Lo
Egypt at the crossroads
...a local grocery store. “Soon the Jama’a (Muslim Brotherhood) will ban it.” The store owner, Mr. Ahmad, nodded. “Allah yastur al balad, [May god protect the country]—it will be like...
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by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd and Lisa H. Sideris
Theologies of American exceptionalism: Moreton and Paarlberg
...posts in this series were developed in connection with a workshop supported by the three-year Luce Foundation funded project “Politics of Religion at Home and Abroad ,” directed by Elizabeth...
Deathless questions and other interviews ![]()
by Nathan Schneider
The suspicious revolution: An interview with Talal Asad
...go directly to Cairo, either. We had to go through Beirut. Then, all sorts of people starting ringing, again asking, “Is it safe? Are you sure you’ll be safe? We’ve...
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by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
Faith as an Option
...desire to secure and revitalize transcendent and universal sources of meaning. This is where Faith as an Option enters controversial territory: Joas does not believe secular reason alone is capable...
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by Margot Badran, Thanassis Cambanis, Mohammad H. Fadel, Charles Hirschkind, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Atef Said, Samuli Schielke, Jeremy F. Walton and Jessica Winegar
Egyptian elections
...concerns are social justice, jobs, a secure life, and mutual respect or more simply getting along with each other, as people are prone to do when not whipped up. The...
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by Nilüfer Göle
Mute symbols of Islam
...part, lack architectural innovation, fineness, and proportion between the dome and the minarets. Likewise, the calls to prayer, since the adoption of cassettes and loudspeakers, have become the source of...