The term "postsecular" is quickly becoming a keyword for scholars of religion and public life. So what is it all…
What we talk about when we talk about the postsecular
After secularization
Comparing the incommensurate
David Buckley's recent post in Notes from the field raises a crucial methodological question. On what basis is comparative work…
A brief note on teleology
I think Jonathan Sheehan points to something quite useful in his last post: the need for a discourse that does…
Something more mundane
Pondering a bit the posts so far in Notes from the field---those focused on the theoretical side of the secularization…
Waiting for Godot, who is either late or not coming at all
I wondered how long it would take DPDF participants to undo what I thought I had carefully assembled in my opening post on…
Debating secularization
In his earlier post, Vincent Pecora suggests an “unfinished project” approach to secularization. He also hints that the difference between secularization…
Secularism, secularization, and why the difference matters
Several decades ago, well before there had been any concerted effort among historians and sociologists of religion to trash the…