In addition to an excerpt from the introduction to Denis Lacorne's Religion in America, as well as Joseph Blankholm's response…
Tony Judt on Religion in America
religion in the U.S.
America’s “faith-friendly secularism”
At the Rethinking Religion blog of Columbia University's Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life, Joseph Blankholm responds to Denis…
Taking theology seriously
What we need is a bird’s eye view, and that requires taking theology seriously, and considering a longer view of…
A historian’s reaction to American Grace
David Campbell's and Robert Putnam's American Grace left me historically puzzled on my first reading, and my second didn't clear things up.…
Nothing is ever lost: An interview with Robert Bellah
Both an influential scholar and a public intellectual, Robert Bellah is one of the foremost sociologists of his generation. His…
A discussion on religious freedom, Islam, and American Muslims
On September 15, New York University will hold a discussion on "religious freedom, possibilities for reform in Islam, and the…
More on religion in the presidential race
At The Daily Beast, Micheal Medved joins the current discussion, set off by Bill Keller's recent Times article, on religion's…
Questioning religion’s role in the presidential race
At the Scoop, Maura Jane Farrelly rounds up some responses (and adds her own) to Bill Keller's Times Magazine editorial…
Fear, Inc.: a report on the roots of Islamophobia
The Center for American Progress has a new report out on the groups and individuals fomenting the rising tide of…
Wanted: two of every animal
The Creation Museum in Kentucky has been stirring up controversy with its plan to create a 500'-long and 80'-high "replica"…