Has the United States been a source of good in the world? Weak theology assumes a position of service to…
Weak theology and the anti-gospel of American exceptionalism
American exceptionalism
Theologies of American exceptionalism: Cohen and Kahn
This is the fifth and final installment in the "Theologies of American exceptionalism" series. In this final post, Shaul Magid…
Theologies of American exceptionalism: Winthrop and Cavell
"Among the many possible ways of figuring, interpreting, and receiving the problem of American exceptionalism, Cavell pursues a line of…
Theologies of American exceptionalism: Introduction
The one-day workshop which produced these essays focused on “Theologies of American Exceptionalism,” asking participants to expound on an exemplary…
American exceptionalism redux
I find Kahn's book as a whole less coherent than some others have. One issue I want to raise is…
The geopolitical imperative?
Ritualistic evocations of "America" . . . and the deep-seated sense that somehow the United States is sacrosanct space—war, by…
De-provincializing Oprah
In Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon, Kathryn Lofton holds up a lustrous mirror to the polymorphously perverse dynamics of…
A strong moral argument: A conversation with Andrew Bacevich
Author of The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War, The Limits of Power: the End of American…
God in America? Really?
I write having seen the first installment of God in America, a three-part series produced by PBS that showed some promise.…
Sovereignty and sacrifice in American politics
In The Utopian, Yale Law professor Paul W. Kahn argues that the discourse and imaginary of secular political theory fail…