In the era of post-truth, alternative facts, and fake news, hate, hateful, inflammatory, and dangerous speech pervade the African continent…
Africa and free/hate speech
democracy
Political myopia and prophetic vision
The hit HBO show Game of Thrones (GoT), for example, is billed as epic fantasy, but at its heart it…
Good troublemakers
Today, as political arrogance, partisan polarization, and information tribalism threaten to engulf our public life, it is crucial that we…
Passion and virtue in public life
When does religious commitment shape believers toward the balance of confidence and intellectual humility required for vigorous engagement in democratic…
A crisis of political arrogance
In this series, scholars and practitioners attend to these varied ways in which religious individuals and groups engage in public…
Democracity, 2042
In view of present conditions, I was asked by the Committee to file a historian’s report. I regret to say…
On democratic despond
In calling attention to the abandonment of public hospitals by the moneyed elite, I intended to use the steady deterioration…
Alfred Stepan’s legacy
Instead of separation of state and religion, Al drew on the history of established religions in Europe to advocate the…
From Jefferson to Jeffersonian battles
Among the scholars who have most inspired my work as a political scientist are multiple historians—whether intellectual, legal, or religious.…
Relativism and Religion: An introduction
Politicized religion seems to have a new enemy: Moral relativism is denounced by believers of all stripes as a threat…