In Joseph Blankholm’s recent post, he wonders how to begin to understand (or even locate) the atheism of people who…
The importance of place
public sphere
France wrestles with upcoming vote to ban burqa
The popular push to ban the burqa in France lacks clear legality, reports The Associated Press.
“The Origins of the Modern Public”
CBC Radio's daily program Ideas, hosted by Paul Kennedy, has run an extensive (14-part) series on "The Origins of the…
The quiet (ir)religion of the polite and apathetic
For many Minnesotans, religion is a private matter that shouldn’t be talked about---not even among friends. For others, it hardly…
Discussing mosques, minarets, and crosses
Ruthie, Grace and David here, reporting live from the IWM International Summer School in Philosophy and Politics in Cortona, Italy.…
Crossing the sacred secular
In her essay on Salazar v. Buono, Winni Sullivan ponders why crosses present such a difficulty for the modern, secular nation-state, and…
The crucifix controversy and the contradictions of German secularism
Last week, the prime minister of Lower Saxony, a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), replaced several ministers in…
Radical Orthodoxy’s new home?
This past November, a new think tank called ResPublica was launched in London, in the opulent surrounds of the Royal…
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,…
The new landscape of the religion blogosphere
It's no longer news that digital media are changing how knowledge is produced and disseminated, and how people relate to…