Cat videos offer a pleasurable diversion. The cat video answers the question “Is this all there is?” by saying, “This…
Finbarr Curtis
Finbarr Curtis is an associate professor of religious studies at Georgia Southern University. His book, The Production of American Religious Freedom, was published by New York University Press in 2016.
The zero effect doctrine
In the wake of last summer’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College v. Burwell decisions, many wondered how corporations…
The contraception mandate
In what is latest in a series of conflicts between the Obama administration and the Roman Catholic Church, a recent…
Don’t tread on me
Paul Kahn, in his rereading of Carl Schmitt by way of the American context, seeks to “depersonalize the sovereign.” As…
The sounds of science
As previous posts about The New Metaphysicals have illustrated, Courtney Bender’s spiritual but not religious subjects pose a number of…
Giving up the Holy Ghost
Keane’s account is convincing, but it is important to contextualize the semiotic ideology he defines. I could be misreading Keane…