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Religion first, then civilization
For years, the German archaeologist Klaus Schmidt has been excavating an 11,600-year-old assemblage of carved pillars at Göbekli Tepe in…
Pitzer College to add “secular studies” major
Thanks to the efforts of sociologist Phil Zuckerman, this fall Pitzer College in California will become the first undergraduate institution…
Go-ahead for classroom crucifixes in Europe
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that crucifixes are acceptable in public school classrooms. Reversing an earlier decision,…
Stefan Collini on offense
In The New Republic, Isaac Chotiner reviews Stefan Collini's latest book, which asks what it means to give offense and…
Roy reviewed
Daniel Mahoney, author of The Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order, reviewed Olivier Roy's Holy Ignorance in yesterday's Wall Street…
Secular humanism, the Christian Right, and progressive education
Over at U.S. Intellectual History, Andrew Hartman wants to know why, starting the 1970s, the Christian Right came to see…
“The embourgeoisement of the Islamists”: Olivier Roy on the uprisings
Olivier Roy, writing in the New Statesman, argues that the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa show how…
Breaking the fear barrier in Egypt
"January 28th marked a major rupture in Egyptian history: it is the day Egyptians truly broke the fear barrier created…
Gov. Bentley’s two addresses
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley spent his first day in office finding out how Christian an elected official can get before…