A few clarifying points are in order regarding an essay of mine in The New York Times Magazine that drew…
What we talk about when we talk about shari‘a
Rethinking secularism
One of the earliest discussions on The Immanent Frame taking the conversations around secularism to a new level.
zzReligion is not a standalone category
The invention of "religions" in the modern discursive form is also the invention of the secular state and the modern…
Secularism and press freedom
Secularism plays a crucial role in a certain moral narrative of modernity. This narrative tells a story of the liberation…
Rethinking secularism and religion in the global age
Last September, I sat down at UC-Berkeley with the eminent sociologist of religion, Robert Bellah, for a discussion about religious…
The philosopher-citizen
Jürgen Habermas is one of the most prominent philosophers on the global scene of the last half century. His work…
Open thread: The power of religion in the public sphere
Four of the world’s leading public intellectuals came together yesterday in the historic Great Hall at Cooper Union to discuss…
Sacramental poetics
By its very nature, mystery is much more difficult to speak about, and certainly to track. But religious ritual claims…
Talal Asad and Abdullahi An-Na’im in conversation
Talal Asad and Abdullahi An-Na’im both stand at the forefront of the challenging and constructive exchange taking place today between…
So you want to be a new atheist
If you want to be a New Atheist, first and foremost, you need to possess an unrelenting desire to help.…
Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor in conversation
In a symposium convened by the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Social Science Research Council and the Humanities…