...plaza, which I had passed on my way through the town, and its own airport. Do you not know what happened here? he asked me. No, I did not. Are...
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Religion in Human Evolution
Five questions for Robert Bellah
by Luke Timothy JohnsonIt is a pleasure and an honor to engage a book that is truly large in ways beyond its sheer size. It is large in scope, ranging across geological, biological,...
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Creationist theme park expected to boost KY economy
by Lydia BrawnerKentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced today that the planned creationist theme park Ark Encounter, set to open in 2014, will have a $250 million annual economic impact. “Make no mistake...
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Ethno-religious clashes in Myanmar
by Candice ScharfLast week in Myanmar, ethnic and religious clashes between majority-group Rakhine Buddhists and minority-group Rohingya Muslims left at least a dozen dead and thousands displaced. While the recent violence was...
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The “inter-religious” university and the Christian right
by Jake AlterIn early June, the Claremont School of Theology announced that it would merge with its local Jewish and Muslim counterparts to form an inter-religious university this coming fall. Philip Clayton...
Christian Moderns
An absence of belief?
by Danilyn Rutherford
First, a disclosure: this book and I go way back. When it comes to Webb Keane’s scholarship, I’m what the marketing experts would call an early adopter. I first met...
A Secular Age
The burden of the great divide
by Tomoko MasuzawaWith the prevalence of voices casting doubts and aspersions on the so-called secularization thesis, we might imagine that the familiar story of the progress of Western modernity qua secularity is...
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A fairy tale cathedral
by Amanda KaplanThe Assumption of the Virgin does not just mark Mary’s ascent to heaven, but also an annual pilgrimage to one of France’s oldest churches located in one of France’s oldest...
A Secular Age
Commentaries on our age
by Nancy LeveneIt is an honor to review Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age, the volume of essays on Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age, edited by Craig Calhoun, Michael Warner, and...
Is this all there is
For the looking
by Omri Elisha
The Great American Eclipse of 2017 had all the trappings of a national revival. In a time of heightened uncertainty, acrimony, and fear, millions flocked to seek solace and possibly...