...our theological views by asking the questions: Does this theological construction make sense of the world we share? Does this view of divinity promote the flourishing of the world? I...
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A Secular Age
What holds us together
by Robert N. Bellah...great cultural transition we are presently experiencing will not be easy or free from conflict, I would still argue that what must replace paleo- and neo-Durkheimianism is a global Durkheimianism....
here & there
Contingency, divinity, and revelation
by John D. Boy...In Meillassoux’s reading, Mallarmé is reflecting on the task of the poet in the wake of the “shipwreck” of traditional poetic form occasioned by the rise of free verse. Where...
here & there
Aristotle and Islam
by Laura Duane...that their Islamic faith in no way bars them from free and critical inquiry into ethics, history and society. They embrace Islam to bring a wider world in, not to...
A Secular Age
Multi-religious denominationalism and American identity
by Richard Amesbury...other words, the fault line at issue runs not between religion and secularism, or even between conservative Christianity and militant atheism, but cross-cutting these, between competing conceptions of the relation...
Deathless questions and other interviews
Life after past evil: An interview with Daniel Philpott
by Nathan Schneider...Criminal Court, and most Western governments. The key commitment is the establishment of institutions based upon the rule of law, human rights, democracy, free markets, and punishment. These are good...
off the cuff
Surveying religious knowledge
by Dr. Richard Amesbury, Jason C. Bivins, John R. Bowen, Michele Dillon, Penny Edgell, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., David A. Hollinger, Paul Lichterman, Vincent Lloyd, Kathryn Lofton, Andrew Perrin and James K. A. Smith...it is a mistake simply to identify Catholicism with what Catholic bishops say it is. To conclude that Americans are “uninformed” about “their own traditions” betrays a subtle bias in...
Mere Civility
Civility, toleration, and “human rights as empathy”
by Catherine Arnold...behavior” would better accommodate our deep disagreements, allowing individuals to differ in their fundamental beliefs and vociferously disagree over them in the public sphere. Bejan’s argument for “mere civility” is...
A Universe of Terms
Creating the Universe
by Mona Oraby
...often equated with seniority. If encyclopedia and critical terms entries are a measure of scholarly obsession with conceptual provenance, the sheer expanse of free online information challenges the pace and...
here & there
Muslim groups critique NYPD report
by Ruth Braunstein...should decouple religion from terror to safeguard civil liberties on free speech and equal protection grounds as a matter of strong public policy.” Read the full article here and access...