At Reset---Dialogues on Civilizations, Nadia Urbinati reflects on the democratic virtues of dissent.

The Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy has released an open letter urging President Obama to promote democracy and defend human rights in the Middle East. So far, the letter has received over 400 signatures from leading American, Arab, and Muslim scholars, experts, and activists.

At The Seeker, Manya Brachear asks, "If the American government can dole out billions to bail out investment banks, why can't it bail out food banks too?"

In an episode of Speaking of Faith titled "Obama's Theologian," David Brooks and E. J. Dionne talked with Krista Tippett about Reinhold Neibuhr, the twentieth-century theologian who has become a favorite of journalists and politicians in recent years. The discussion ultimately focused less on Obama than on Niebuhr's intellectual legacy and the contemporary American religious scene.

The debate over whether Berlin schools should offer classes on religion as an alternative to ethics courses is "only partly about how God fits into the classroom; it is also about how Muslims fit into Berlin."

Philosophers Joshua Cohen and Thomas Nagel write in the Times Literary Supplement on new revelations about the religious biography of John Rawls.

At the Christian Century, John Dart explains why the recession has not hit congregations particularly hard---at least not yet.

The Social Science Research Council's homepage is featuring an interview with David Kyuman Kim, acting program director for SSRC's programs on religion and the public sphere and editor-at-large for The Immanent Frame.

As part of Yale's Faith and Globalization Initiative, Miroslav Volf interviews Nicholas Wolterstorff about the place of religion in democratic politics.