Contending Modernities, a research initiative of the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has launched a new blog, featuring essays by Margot…
New blog on religion and modernity
Islam
Contending Modernities
On November 18-19, dozens of scholars, religious leaders, business people, and intellectuals will gather in New York for the public launch…
Terry Eagleton, New Atheism, and the War on Terror
Last Wednesday evening, eminent theorist of literature and culture Terry Eagleton gave a talk at Columbia University entitled "The New…
Review of “Three Faiths” exhibition at NYPL
Edward Rothstein, of The New York Times, reviews "Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam," a new exhibit at the New York…
Judeo-Christian-Islamic?
On October 5, the Catholic University Law School gathered a panel of experts to debate "Islam and America: The Challenge…
DOJ: Islam is a religion
Yesterday, the Department of Justice filed an amicus brief stating its conviction that Islam is indeed a religion, contra the…
Contending Modernities
November 18-19, 2010, will mark the kickoff of Contending Modernities, "a multi-year, interdisciplinary research, public education, and peacebuilding initiative," based primarily…
“Niqabitches” take on Paris
French students protest burka ban by hiding face, showing legs.
In Turkey, religious and secular living side by side
In many large cities around the world, religious people and secular people tend to live in separate neighborhoods. This has…
Against Judaist-Christianism
I do not have much to add to the debate surrounding the Islamic Cultural Center that will surely be built…