At the core of contemporary secularism is the denial of the existence of deities and the supernatural. There is only…
secularity
“Women, Family, and Society in Islam and Catholicism”
The University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies concluded the New York City launch of its new…
New blog on religion and modernity
Contending Modernities, a research initiative of the University of Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, has launched a new blog, featuring essays by Margot…
Contending Modernities
On November 18-19, dozens of scholars, religious leaders, business people, and intellectuals will gather in New York for the public launch…
Is there a secular body?
Is there a secular body? Or, in somewhat different terms, is there a particular configuration of the human sensorium—of sensibilities,…
Taylor’s Constantinianism
In the July 2010 issue of Modern Theology, Stanley Hauerwas and Romand Coles reflect on Charles Taylor's A Secular Age.
Something more mundane
Pondering a bit the posts so far in Notes from the field---those focused on the theoretical side of the secularization…
Not just a bill to support women’s rights or secular values
On July 13, French parliament will vote on a bill to ban burqa-style veils in the name of gender equality…
Hours of unrelieved, humorless argument
Wars of Religion 2.0
Gauging irreligion in the heart of Europe
Conventional wisdom states that the Czech Republic is the least religious society in the West. At The Guardian, Dana Hamplová discusses…