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CFP: Freedom of (and from) Religion
The Department of Religious Studies at the University of California-Santa Barbara, with support from the Cordano Endowment in Catholic Studies,…
CFP: Secularism and Secularity
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CFP: Secularism and Secularity
It was a successful first year for the Secularism and Secularity Program Unit of the American Academy of Religion, which…
A hard road for an atheist preacher
In an article in this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Robert F. Worth writes about the four days he…
American civil religion in the age of Obama: An interview with Philip S. Gorski
Philip S. Gorski is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Research at Yale…
“Twin tolerations” today: An interview with Alfred Stepan
Alfred Stepan is Wallace S. Sayre Professor of Government at Columbia University and founder and director of the Center for…