...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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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...
What are oaths good for?
...abaya shops and oud perfumeries, we could buy American music. Our parents fed our consumptive desires with regular pilgrimages. There was one store we always went back to. Virgin, I...
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...
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...
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...
Controversy over French proposal to edit the Quran: A transatlantic perspective
...rhetoric paralleling the spread of white nationalist and xenophobic movements has become an alarming feature of US domestic politics and foreign policy. President Donald Trump’s odd choice of a Baptist...
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...
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...
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...