This past November, a new think tank called ResPublica was launched in London, in the opulent surrounds of the Royal…
Radical Orthodoxy’s new home?
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Orthodox paradox: An interview with John Milbank
Milbank is an Anglican theologian whose ideas, distinguished by a profound skepticism of secular reason, have given shape to Radical…
Lebanese to march for secularism
In Lebanon, "a small group of non-partisan civic-minded citizens called Laïque (Secular) Pride" is organizing a March for Secularism, to…
The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
In The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere, due out spring 2011 from Columbia University Press and the SSRC,…
Judith Butler on Judaism, Israel, and anti-occupation politics
In Haaretz, Judith Butler gives a long and personal interview to American-Israeli filmmaker Udi Aloni.
Faith from the NIH
When Francis Collins was appointed director of the National Institutes of Health last year, he stepped down from leading the…
A postsecular world society?: An interview with Jürgen Habermas
"We should not throw out the baby with the bathwater. The debate over the sociological thesis of secularization has led…
Haiti and the unseen world
I have written a good bit recently about the intense religious responses to the Haiti earthquake, as congregations regroup in…
Khomeini’s long shadow
On Tuesday evening at the New York Public Library, Professor Saïd Amir Arjomand held forth before a sizable and attentive…
Mute symbols of Islam
The public visibility of religious and cultural signs of Islam expresses the presence of Muslim actors in European countries. The…