...theme papers and documents. In many instances, the delegates themselves probe and challenge these (largely) Western-centric discourses. Still, one wonders: who has been excluded from the World Assembly (consciously or...
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Spirit in the Dark 
by
Robert Gooding-Williams
Josef Sorett and the idea of a racial aesthetic
by
Robert Gooding-Williams
...signifies suggests that he himself is skeptical of the prospect of identifying a set of properties that distinguishes and unifies the manifold instances of black cultural productivity. Without supposing, in...
A Universe of Terms
Creating the Universe
by Mona Oraby
...that term (Mark C. Taylor’s 2008 essay, “Play,” is listed under “performance,” for instance, though the term “performance” does not appear in the essay). If authors previously published essays on...
Religion in the public sphere
Inclusion and accountability in the public sphere
by Cristina Lafont...giving up on the democratic obligation to secure that only public reasons count in support of coercive policies with which all citizens must comply? [Stay tuned for the next installment]...
here & there
The moral mandates of fighting the flu
by Laura Duane...home from work to avoid infecting their coworkers. If we expect individuals to act ethically, we have a societal obligation to protect them when they do—for instance, by guaranteeing paid...
events
Why Prayer? A Conference on New Directions in the Study of Prayer
by The Editors...installation of multi-media presentations and material objects that call attention to the myriad representations of prayer shaping discourse and practice. On Saturday, two plenary events will highlight the multiple registers...
A Secular Age
Constitutional patriotism
by Charles Taylor...and try to establish a new more equal relationship with our erstwhile victims. How else, for instance, to resolve the poisoned relations between post-Columbian entrants and aboriginal peoples in North...
The Stillborn God
Two books, oddly yoked together
by Charles Taylor...tongue in cheek exercise meant to fool his contemporaries. Another interpretation is not ruled out. There were Christian Epicureans in the 17th Century (Gassendi, for instance). But we can by-pass...