As Elizabeth Shakman Hurd’s and Saba Mahmood’s earlier contributions to this discussion remind us, the received wisdom in Western policy…
Varieties of religious freedom and governance
liberal democracy
Change over time: A conversation with Robert W. Hefner
In this installment of the Rites and Responsibilities dialogue series, I met with the Boston University anthropologist and scholar of…
Religion and state secularization
In discussing secularization, it has become conventional to note that the concept refers to various processes, of which three are…
The context of religious pluralism
Akeel Bilgrami's article, “Secularism: Its Content and Context,” is an important and welcome contribution on a topic that has acquired…