What fascinates me most about these religious freedom conversations---within the U.S. and between America and the world---are the words we…
Words for a faithful world
foreign policy
“Religious freedom” and its critics
During his landmark address to the world, delivered in Cairo last June, President Obama proposed to open a new era…
Toward a universalist exceptionalism
American exceptionalism has been dealt a body-blow. I want to suggest, however, that the variant of exceptionalism that was upset…
Obama and the end of exceptionalism
Presidents are compelled to use the language of exceptionalism in two important ways. If our presidents are to be believed,…
Secularism, hegemony, and fullness
What are the stakes in wanting a fixed definition of religion, whether in terms of “a sense of fullness,” as…