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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.

Is this all there is

The Age of Cat

Finbarr Curtis·

February 9, 2018

Cat videos offer a pleasurable diversion. The cat video answers the question “Is this all there is?” by saying, “This…

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Religious freedom in the United States

The zero effect doctrine

Finbarr Curtis·

December 29, 2014

In the wake of last summer’s Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Wheaton College v. Burwell decisions, many wondered how corporations…

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The contraception mandate

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February 24, 2012

In what is latest in a series of conflicts between the Obama administration and the Roman Catholic Church, a recent…

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Political Theology

Don’t tread on me

Finbarr Curtis·

September 29, 2011

Paul Kahn, in his rereading of Carl Schmitt by way of the American context, seeks to “depersonalize the sovereign.” As…

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The New Metaphysicals

The sounds of science

Finbarr Curtis·

August 27, 2010

As previous posts about The New Metaphysicals have illustrated, Courtney Bender’s spiritual but not religious subjects pose a number of…

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Christian Moderns

Giving up the Holy Ghost

Finbarr Curtis·

January 19, 2010

Keane’s account is convincing, but it is important to contextualize the semiotic ideology he defines. I could be misreading Keane…

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