Conventional wisdom has it that religious liberty is a universally valid principle, enshrined in national constitutions and international charters and…
Religious freedom, minority rights, and geopolitics
structure and agency
Oprah the Omnipotent
Lofton tells me she shares with Jonathan Z. Smith the view that difference is the beginning of any good conversation.…
Understanding disenchantment
Jane Bennett’s sympathetic yet critical commentary on my essay "What is Enchantment?" (published in the volume Varieties of Secularism in…
David Brooks outdoes Pat Robertson
A number of blogs recently have criticized David Brooks for his response to the earthquake in Haiti. Noting that Haiti's…
Secularism and press freedom
Secularism plays a crucial role in a certain moral narrative of modernity. This narrative tells a story of the liberation…