...of space make it impossible for me to address each response with the detail that one might wish for, a broader, thematic approach seems the best alternative. Hence my response...
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Law's Religion
Another Law’s Religion
by Benjamin Schonthal...of liberalism, secularism, and rule of law. Berger’s book, however, stands out from the crowd. Quite simply, it is one of the best books on law and religion that I’ve...
here & there
Where is the new vision to unite us?
by Nathan Schneider...market triumphalism,” declared the American political philosopher Michael Sandel in his recent Reith Lectures. The certainties that have dominated the last quarter of a century—that the market knew best, achieved...
off the cuff
Religion and the historical profession
by Jon Butler, David A. Hollinger, John Schmalzbauer, Jonathan Sheehan and Grant Wacker
...as visible in the field I know the best, 20th century United States history. The careful and sustained study of Protestantism, Catholicism, and Judaism in this particular field has been...
Deathless questions and other interviews
Religions and rights: An interview with Richard Amesbury
by Nathan Schneider...about the existence of rights we also learned not to bow our heads when the bosses scold us. We learned to look them in the face.” At its best, the...
Religion in Human Evolution
A travelogue of ideas
by Mark Juergensmeyer...just the distinction of the members of the panel themselves, beginning with Bellah, arguably the country’s best known sociologist of religion and author of such seminal essays as “Civil Religion...
The politics of religious freedom
The problem with the history of toleration
by Evan Haefeli...here. Another indication of the partisan dynamic unwittingly preserved in the history of toleration is the tendency to look for a person or place that best embodies the ideal of...
Reconsidering civil religion
Civil religion and beyond
by Ebrahim Moosa...of that secular/civil/religious moment in 1967, best described. It is also important to recall that the conception of civil religion in Rousseau that Bellah drew on is similar to ideas...
here & there
Can life be better than bearable?
by Charles Gelman...our culture today it is self-deception at best and fanaticism at worst. As a counterpoint, Kelly offers the following: But there is another option available. Perhaps Nietzsche was wrong about...
here & there
11 years after 9/11
by Wei Zhu...of South Asia, could best be understood as part of the larger political culture in each of their respective national contexts. Browse the full forum and read additional essays here....