Pollsters, sociologists and evangelical Protestants don't all agree exactly on who counts as an "evangelical." It is safe to say,…
Beyond beliefs
public sphere
The measurement of evangelicals
Despite the fact that there is considerable journalistic and scholarly discussion today concerning the role of evangelicals in American public…
Nothing special about religion
It is clear from the ongoing discussion about "Religion in the public sphere" that we live in an age when…
“Trust me”
On Sunday evening at Messiah College, the two contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination agreed to talk in a “deeply…
The headscarf controversy
The analysis of the headscarf controversy cannot simply be based on arguments of liberal politics. Rather, it has to be…
An ideal of conscientious engagement
Many political theorists, pundits and even presidential candidates have advocated some variation on the claim that religious and secular reasons…
Taking religion seriously
What distinguishes Habermas from Rawls on religion in the public sphere is not Habermas’s slightly amended view of public reason,…
A headscarf affair, a women’s affair?
Women who are proponents of the headscarf distance themselves from secular models of feminist emancipation, but also seek autonomy from…
Gender equality and Islamic headscarves
In Turkey there is now a great deal of controversy about proposed revisions to the constitution that would include lifting…
Religion, reconciliation, and transitional justice
God is not retreating from public life: this has to be one of the most interesting claims to come out…