As the start of the fall semester inches closer, we’ve invited a handful of our contributors to reflect on what…
books
‘Legitimate’ Laicite
Margarita Mooney review's Raphael Liogier's 'Legitimate' Laicite: France and its State Religions (Entrelacs, 2006) in Contemporary Sociology (sub. required).
After the postsecular
Inside Higher Ed interviews Anthony Paul Smith and Daniel Whistler, the editors of the recently-published volume After the Postsecular and…
Islamic feminism
Is secular feminism feasible in the Middle East and throughout the Muslim-majority nations of the world? Isobel Coleman, a Senior…
What does it mean to be cool and Christian?
Thomas Turner, author of the blog Everyday Liturgy, interviews Brett McCracken on his new book, Hipster Christianity: When Church and Cool…
“Theologians seldom write memoirs”
"Theologians seldom write memoirs." This, Stanley Hauerwas concedes in a follow up to his recent memoir: Hannah’s Child: A Theologian’s Memoir (2010).…
Sayyid Qutb and the Origins of Radical Islamism
John Calvert, Professor of History at Creighton University and a specialist in political Islam, in hisforthcoming biography of Sayyid Qutb,…
Tamara Sonn on The Future of Islam
Tamara Sonn, Professor of Religion and Humanities at the College of William and Mary, reviews The Future of Islam, by…
“The Lady Twilight”
Over at Killing the Buddha, William Dalrymple is excerpting his new book, Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in…
Muslim political history: two views from the West
In this week's New York Times Sunday Book Review, Max Rodenbeck has an essay on two recent books on Islam: Faith and…