...American religious exceptionalism implied by the rising number of religious “nones” and the anti-religion sentiment among younger cohorts. Taking cues from the work of William Sewell as well as cognitive...
...important exhibit in Will Herberg’s 1955 Protestant-Catholic-Jew. Herberg used the popularity of positive thinkers such as Peale as evidence that the social and political forces of sectarian difference were waning....
by Avi Alpert
...in “world literature” might introduce students to texts from Kenya, Thailand, and Chile, they will all be read through a series of frameworks, and, most crucially, an understanding of what...
...William Jennings Bryan, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr., he also went out of his way to praise the social engagement of evangelicals like Rick Warren, T.D. Jakes, Jim...
...literature. But collectively, they make a compelling case that religious beliefs, by signalling a person’s willingness to sacrifice for others, help people get along better. Read the full post here....
...the state religion, scholars of Egypt predict that Islamic parties will be banned, forcing them to move underground and narrow their focus to a “virtually singular goal: resistance to the...
...latter term as follows: “Here’s an example. You say something, [then] it happens. It’s like this, if I should curse you. You will go out today, even if you haven’t...
...president’s trip. Some see the choice of location as a tacit endorsement of President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, and as a potential indicator that Obama will not prioritize human rights and...
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