Hans Joas’s Faith as an Option is primarily concerned with debunking two myths: first, the idea that modernization—advances in technology…
Faith as an Option
modernization
Conceptualizing pluralism and consensus in the modern Western world
Without pointing out those places where I agree with Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation, I would like to add a…
Opiate of the masses with Chinese characteristics
Before making projections about the future of religion and secularity in China, we should first take a step back and…
What is religion in China? A brief history
The complex and ever-changing relationship between the Chinese state and the nation’s religions stretches back thousands of years. While the…
Secular supercessionism and alternative modernity
Recent years have seen the resurgence of “metahistories” that seek to provide a single complex narrative of seemingly disparate events…
Contending Modernities
On November 18-19, dozens of scholars, religious leaders, business people, and intellectuals will gather in New York for the public launch…
Confessions of a casual Löwithian
What is secularization? This question raises the issue of what exactly religion and “the secular” are---terms that, as our discussions…
The missing all
Although technology may not possess a logic of its own, one would be hard pressed to deny its formative role…
The truth?
As many here have noted, A Secular Age is a remarkable achievement. And it marks the culmination of a life’s…