As a historian of religion, much of my recent work has focused on tracing the genealogy of what we call…
Christian genealogies of religious freedom
secularism
What is religious freedom supposed to free?
What is religious freedom supposed to free? That is, what is the operant understanding of “religion” behind the claims of…
Hope, tragedy, and prophecy
It is hard not to be convinced by Akeel Bilgrami’s careful, patient, and generous exposition in “Secularism: Its Content and…
Ghosts in Antebellum America
At Religion in American History, John Turner, Professor of History at the University of Southern Alabama, reviews two books that…
Israel, secularism, and democracy
At Harvard Law School, faculty members Noah Feldman and Duncan Kennedy recently debated the question "Can Israel Be Both Jewish…
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…
Charles Taylor on secularism
Over at the New Statesman, Jonathan Derbyshire interviews Charles Taylor on his new book Secularism and Freedom of Conscience.
There is no such thing as a monoculture
“We develop in multi-cultural and multi-religious societies. To say this is to state the obvious. There is no religiously homogeneous…
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…
CFP: Irreligion, Secularism and Social Change
The Religious Studies Project has disseminated a Call for Papers on behalf of Per Smith in the hope of creating…