Cambridge University philosopher Raymond Geuss has written a book that explores the imaginative anatomy of pragmatic governance.
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A Neo-Weberian theory of American civil religion
The American civil religion, Robert Bellah argued, was derived from two sources, one religious and the other secular: the covenant…
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age will be published this spring by Harvard University Press. Edited by Michael Warner,…
Sacred disorder
At the visually striking Triple Canopy, Nathan Schneider discourses on the devolution of theology into---and, some might say, its eventual…
The study of special experiences: An interview with Ann Taves
Ann Taves is a professor of religious studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and, this year, is serving…
Is there evidence of God in conscience?
Bruce Russell reviews Paul K. Moser's The Elusive God in Notre Dame Philosophy Reviews.
Dialectic of Enlightenment, today and tomorrow
Looking back at Roger Forster's 2001 Telos essay "Dialectic of Enlightenment as Genealogy Critique," Andrew Walker advocates for the "continued…
The varieties of unbelief and the ghost of Richard Dawkins
When the City University of New York's Graduate Center decided to convene a session of its Great Issues Forum around…
Excerpts from 36 Arguments for God: a work of fiction
At Edge, John Brockman introduces excerpts from Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's forthcoming 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: a work…
Life after past evil: An interview with Daniel Philpott
Professor Daniel Philpott is a leading theorist of global politics and religion at the University of Notre Dame’s Department of…