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secularization
How many “nones” make a secular nation?
What is the relationship between rates of church attendance and national identity? When more than 50 percent of a country's…
Joan Wallach Scott on notions of French citizenship
At Big Think, Joan Wallach Scott discusses French citizenship and laïcité in light of the current controversy over the burqa.
France wrestles with upcoming vote to ban burqa
The popular push to ban the burqa in France lacks clear legality, reports The Associated Press.
“Rethinking secularism,” but in German
The latest issue of Transit, the Austrian journal of European affairs, takes as its theme and thrust "Säkularismus neu denken"…
What ends we mean: A reply to Vincent Pecora
Pecora writes that I claim his “use of the term ‘secularization’ must be secretly eschatological” and that he “cannot escape…
Initial thoughts from the IWM summer school
In between my research trips to Senegal and the Philippines, I will be staying in Cortona, Italy, for a two-week summer…
Commentaries on our age
Each contributor [to Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age] delivers a reading of Taylor’s work, helping to evaluate its…
Salvation, semantics, and what secularization has to do with it
n his most recent contribution to The Immanent Frame, "Waiting for Godot, who is either late or not coming at…
Kagan opposed by secularists
In the past weeks, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan has attracted the ire of countless, largely conservative, political blocs. Yet,…