...not only the U.S.—though it has served as a model in many instances. The European Union, Canada, Italy, and other states are all considering, and some are already implementing, specific...
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Naive and reflective faiths
...live up to its very concept and intention (which imply its potential for being fully immersed or engaged and, hence, an instant or instance of “fullness”), or it is not...
“Strange bedfellows” and the reproduction of civilization
...race, in a way that transcends the functionalist approach to civilizational discourses usually deployed by analysts who privilege political economy. For instance, I am not convinced by the concoction “Muslim...
Secularism and critique
...a move from Revelation to reason alone (Kant’s “blosse Vernunft”). Clear examples are found in contemporary political thinkers, for instance Rawls and Habermas. For all their differences, they seem to...
The study of special experiences: An interview with Ann Taves
...by focusing only on individuals. NS: A lot of the most visible scientific work going on now about religious experience—for instance, Andrew Newberg’s SPECT scans—seems so fraught with oversimplifications to...
economy
...perspective—for instance, of those whose jobs must be sacrificed for the sake of economic efficiency, or whose mental health care loses out to tax cuts. But there is more than...
Contents and discontents of (post)modernity
...own ideals, and certainly not from failing to instantiate a single metaphysical view. As Gordon rightly says (and as I also argue in the book), the attempt to instill a...
belief
...themselves. Rodney Needham, for instance, argued that while some hypothesized psychological states, such as imagination, are indeed based in panhuman capacities, belief is not. Instead, our idea of belief is...
Sexy celibates and unmanly men?
...the sexuality of nuns, priests, and monks. Take, for instance, a series of dresses and headpieces that pay homage to the nun’s habit. These items cast the nun as an...
Bringing fathers more fully into view
...leave immediately, and they flee to the border. The father hopes a new country might provide just enough safety for his son to grow up, away from the instability and...