For New York Magazine, Lisa Miller profiles Cornel West, surveying the course of his academic career, personal life, and variety…
West’s witness
philosophy
Whose Yoga?
NPR's Margot Adler reports on the current popularity of yoga in the United States, and its disassociation with Hinduism. She…
The problem with the history of toleration
The problem with the history of toleration is not that no one is studying it. There is now a rapidly…
Love’s ladder’s God
It was their final conversation. She would soon die, although neither of them knew it at the time. St. Augustine…
Syposium on Derrida and religion
"Of Miracles and Machines: A Symposium on Derrida and Religion" will take place Thursday, March 22, at Fordham University, New…
Cultural models and Rethinking Secularism
Rethinking Secularism is the title of a striking new collection of essays, edited by Craig Calhoun, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Jonathan…
The karate philosopher
Eduardo Mendieta, who has conducted interviews with Cornel West and Jürgen Habermas for The Immanent Frame, was recently interviewed by…
The cry for immanence
Today begins a discussion series at the collaborative theology blog An und für sich on Daniel Barber's recent book, On Diaspora: Christianity, Religion, and Secularity. Daniel…
Jürgen Habermas on myth and ritual
This video is an excerpt of a lecture by Jürgen Habermas, delievered at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and…
RFP: New Directions in the Study of Prayer
The Social Science Research Council recently announced the launch of a new project and grants program entitled "New Directions in…