The apparent battlefield is an old one, and the separation of philosophy from theology has a long history. Philosophy, in…
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Lucretius and the immanence of motion
Lucretius was the first philosopher of immanence. It is he and not Democritus or Epicurus who holds this title.
Josef Sorett and the idea of a racial aesthetic
Josef Sorett’s Spirit in the Dark is a marvelous book, not least of all due to its meticulous, incisive, and…
Questioning territory: A Jewish reflection on holy land*
Thinking of territory as a patrie, a motherland or homeland, makes use of metaphors that hope to capture a primal…
Law and truth in the German religious constitution
It is a widely held view that the juridical and political management of religion should be grounded in fundamental normative…
CFP: Working with A Secular Age
On March 6-8, 2014, the University of Bern will host an international conference entitled "Working with A Secular Age: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Charles…
On the passing of Jean Bethke Elshtain
Well-known ethicist and scholar Jean Bethke Elshtain of the University of Chicago recently passed away on August 11, 2013.
CFP: Varieties of Understanding
The Varieties of Understanding project at Fordham University in New York is a three-year, $3.85 million initiative that aims to fund groundbreaking work…
Is absolute secularity conceivable?
Is absolute secularity conceivable? The question arises from the paradoxical intuition that the secularization thesis is simultaneously both right and…
Ways of Knowing: Graduate Conference on Religion
Harvard Divinity School is hosting its annual Ways of Knowing conference for graduate students and young scholars who are studying religion in all different programs…