Everywhere in Justice Wolterstorff's interest in theological and philosophical history collides with his desire for syllogism, or for causal necessity,…
First things
books
The paucity of secularism?
It seems to me that what worries Wolterstorff about "right order" theories of justice (i.e., communitarian accounts) is that they…
A Christian rehabilitation of rights discourse
Nicholas Wolterstorff's Justice: Rights and Wrongs is a unique---and uniquely readable---book. It skillfully constructs a case for the continuing force…
Nicholas Wolterstorff’s fear of the secular
The truly dynamic discussion in America today about religion and politics is not between "wall of separation" secularists and Christian…
Melancholic freedom
Wayne Proudfoot blurbs David Kyuman Kim's Melancholic Freedom.
Heavy Metal Islam
Mark LeVine on his discovery of "well developed metal scenes across the Muslim world".
Who speaks for Islam?
John Esposito and Dalia Mogahed discuss their new book, Who Speaks for Islam, on Charlie Rose, earlier this week.
After modernity?
A new book from Baylor University Press, edited by James K.A. Smith.
The politics of secularism in international relations
From an interview with Elizabeth Shakman Hurd on her book, The Politics of Secularism in International Relations.
Among the unbelievers
Gregor McLennan reviews Charles Taylor's A Secular Age, in the New Left Review (subscription required).