One notable aspect of the post-secular world is the renewed interest in religion and theology amongst the once ultra-secular radical…
The old Left, new Left, and new post-secular Left
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Catholicism, conservatism, and antihumanist politics
Geroulanos’s central thesis is compelling but simple: French antihumanism, in its theoretical mode, was based on a radicalized “negative anthropology,”…
Cosmic war on a global scale: An interview with Mark Juergensmeyer
As director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Mark Juergensmeyer…
“Can you do counterterrorism without theology?”
"Can you do counterterrorism without theology?" Increasingly, critics are calling into question the Western strategy of supporting moderate and more…
“Who is a Jew?”
A controversial bill passed the Israeli Knesset's (Parliament) law committee this week. The Rotem Bill, as it is known (named…
The battle over Islamic Azad University
A university campus has become the ground for a political battle between conservatives and moderates in Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…
Australian convictions
On June 24th, 2010, Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd as leader of the Australian Labour Party and as Prime Minister of…
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah dies at age 75
Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the influential and controversial Lebanese Shi‘i spiritual leader, died Sunday morning in Beirut at age…
Why the Assemblies of God is like the Democratic Party
New York Times columnist Charles Blow began his Saturday piece with a surprising question: "Which political party’s members are most…
The American Jew and Israeli politics
Sara Reef, Project Manager at Intersections International, writes at The Huffington Post on the American Jew's "right" to speak on the…