Hartosh Singh Bal explores why, even as India's religious marketplace has grown more vibrant, the Hindu political party is on…
The Indian religious marketplace
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The Future of Islam
John Esposito's latest book, The Future of Islam, will be available in February 2010 from Oxford University Press.
Jon Stewart’s favorite conservative
Mike Huckabee just might be Jon Stewart's favorite conservative Christian politician. Back in December of 2008, Huckabee and Stewart had a…
Evangelicals and nuclear abolitionism
At First Thoughts, Brian Auten discusses the Two Futures Project, led by Baptist minister Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, and the prospects for…
Judith Butler and Cornel West in conversation
In a recent symposium held by the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Social Science Research Council and the…
Life after past evil: An interview with Daniel Philpott
Professor Daniel Philpott is a leading theorist of global politics and religion at the University of Notre Dame’s Department of…
Religion for radicals: An interview with Terry Eagleton
Literary critic Terry Eagleton discusses his new book, Reason, Faith, and Revolution: Reflections on the God Debate, which argues that…
The shared future of Islam and democracy
In the Huffington Post, Professor of Religion and International Affairs John L. Esposito argues that American and European governments need…
The death of secular India is greatly exaggerated
As the citizens of this vast metropolis seek to restore some semblance of normalcy to their lives, it is important…
Reflections on the future of Indian democracy
It is difficult to be completely impersonal about what happened in Mumbai last week. Some friends lost their near and…