For Christians—and moderns of many types—meditating on big numbers opens the possibility of pulling back to vertiginous heights that approximate…
On the power of aggregates
Christianity
Passion and virtue in public life
When does religious commitment shape believers toward the balance of confidence and intellectual humility required for vigorous engagement in democratic…
When was the monist century?
Why study the immanentist tradition?
The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: An introduction
The Conservative Human Rights Revolution traces the origins of the European human rights system from the Hague peace conferences before…
On the evolution and impact of anti-Muslim polemics
Nadia Marzouki’s Islam: An American Religion is one of the most exciting books I have read on Islam in the…
How much a spirit cost
I first connected with the work of Josef Sorett when he published this strong-voiced call to make hip hop a serious subject…
Secular Christian power and the spiritual invention of nations
In the Americas, missionary colonialism prospered on the sharp edge of secular Christian power. Cutting up land with a blade…
Practice and performance in ritual language
Does it make a difference to think of ritual language such as prayer in terms of a relation between practice…
Weak theology and the anti-gospel of American exceptionalism
Has the United States been a source of good in the world? Weak theology assumes a position of service to…
From Christ to Confucius
In his exciting and beautifully written book, From Christ to Confucius: German Missionaries, Chinese Christians, and the Globalization of Christianity,…