"Among the many possible ways of figuring, interpreting, and receiving the problem of American exceptionalism, Cavell pursues a line of…
Matthew Scherer
Matthew Scherer is Assistant Professor of Politics and Government in the School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs at George Mason University. He is the author of Beyond Church and State: Democracy, Secularism, and Conversion (Cambridge 2013). His most recent publications include articles in Politics and Religion and The Hedgehog Review.
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A more anxious freedom
April 19, 2016
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd's Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion is notable for its subtlety and intellectual generosity, as…
Landmarks in the critical study of secularism
November 12, 2010
In September of 2010, Talal Asad, William E. Connolly, Charles Hirschkind, and I met at the annual American Political Science…