I begin with three fundamental features of the idea of ‘secularism.’ I will want to make something of them at…
Secularism: Its content and context
power of religion
Focus on the funk: An interview with Cornel West
"I would go with Pierre Hadot and say that the love of wisdom is a way of life; that is…
Implicated and enraged: An interview with Judith Butler
Judith Butler, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, is among the leading social theorists alive today. Her most…
Religion’s many powers
To say that religion has power in the public sphere is not to say that it can be easily absorbed…
A postsecular world society?: An interview with Jürgen Habermas
"We should not throw out the baby with the bathwater. The debate over the sociological thesis of secularization has led…
Judith Butler and Cornel West in conversation
In a recent symposium held by the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Social Science Research Council and the…
Jürgen Habermas and Charles Taylor in conversation
In a symposium convened by the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU, the Social Science Research Council and the Humanities…
Audio: The power of religion in the public sphere
Four of the world’s leading public intellectuals came together on Thursday, October 22 in the historic Great Hall at Cooper…
Open thread: The power of religion in the public sphere
Four of the world’s leading public intellectuals came together yesterday in the historic Great Hall at Cooper Union to discuss…