In May of 2010, I sat down for a conversation with the legendary human rights advocate Sidney Jones of the…
Power and resources: A conversation with Sidney Jones
politics
Brazil’s religious right
In the Guardian, Tom Phillips profiles Jean Wyllys, Brazil's first openly gay MP---and explores the growing political voice of the…
A coherent integration policy for Europe
In the New York Times opinion pages, Boston College political science professor Jonathan Laurence argues that it's up to---and in…
There is Power in the Blog: Paul W. Kahn
There is Power in the Blog is hosting an eight-part discussion on Paul W. Kahn’s recent book Political Theology: Four…
Politics of Faith—The Role of Religion in Divided Societies
America Abroad, the award-winning documentary radio program, has released a new documentary, "The Politics of Faith---The Role of Religion in…
A response to critics
I knew that my new book, Political Theology, would be controversial. It covers a lot of ground; it produces odd…
What is evil?
What is evil? The question is asked in very different ways in two recent articles. The first, by Ron Rosenbaum…
Democracy under exception
I agree with Kahn (and with Schmitt) about the fact that political theory should leave room for decision and exception.…
Political theology and political existentialism
“At stake in our political life,” Paul Kahn observes, “has been not our capacity to be reasonable, but our capacity…
Is there a crisis of secularism in Western Europe?
Even quite sober academics speak of "a contemporary crisis of secularism," claiming that "today, political secularisms are in crisis in…