Event: Secularism and Its Discontents: The View from Jewish Studies. Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of…
Colloquium: secularism and its discontents
Rethinking secularism
Lecture: Michael Warner on “Sex and Secularity” at NYU
On Thursday evening, Michael Warner will give the annual LeBoff Lecture at New York University, for which he will draw…
Re-evaluating Flannery O’Connor
In Commentary, Terry Teachout writes that for many years, Flannery O'Connor's readers and critics failed to grasp the meaning of…
It’s all about reconciliation: A conversation with Tariq Ramadan
I had the opportunity to sit for a conversation with the Swiss philosopher Tariq Ramadan at the end of the…
The Politics of Religion
On April 16-17, 2010, Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York is hosting an international conference on The…
The science of morality
Sam Harris, author and vehement secularist, argues that science can create a moral code as effectively as religion can.
Lebanese to march for secularism
In Lebanon, "a small group of non-partisan civic-minded citizens called Laïque (Secular) Pride" is organizing a March for Secularism, to…
The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
In The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere, due out spring 2011 from Columbia University Press and the SSRC,…
Stanley Fish on religion and secular reasoning
In his most recent Opinionator article at NYTimes.com, Stanley Fish comments on the epistemological and ontological assumptions made in discussions…
Conference: “Saving the Sacred in a Secular Age”
The University of California at Riverside will host a two day conference entitled Saving the Sacred in a Secular Age on February…