How Thanksgiving Became All Dinner, No Worship
Or, why we’re glad American culture settled on “Thanksgiving” over “Fasting and Humiliation.”
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Why Scientists Should Be Agnostic: Or, Why Lawrence Krauss Is Still a Windbag
A few months ago, one of us (okay, Andrew), referred to the esteemed physicist and…
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Teaching Plato in Palestine: Can Philosophy Save Us From Our Differences?
Imagine, for a moment, if, during the tense final hours of the recently concluded negotiations…
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A Debate Rages in India Over Conversion, Secularism, and “Spiritual Violence”
Does an anti-conversion campaign threaten India’s secular ideals?
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French Theologian Urges Islam to Self-Critique, Fails to Notice Log in Own Eye
In a piece published in Le Point on January 12th (translated and reprinted in Sightings on January 30th) eminent philosopher-theologian…
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David Brooks’ Rant on Emptiness of Secularism is Poppycock
New York Times columnist David Brooks is way behind the curve when it comes to post-theistic…
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To Get Hebdo Cartoons You Must Get Laïcité
Laïcité is not equivalent to the American notion of “secularism.”
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It’s Theology, Not Baseball: Misunderstanding Iraq’s Sectarian Conflicts
Nothing is as conducive to global radical mobilization as an exclusive theological summons.
Read MoreDoes Secularism Have a Role in Egyptian Struggle?
With Egypt’s presidential election a few weeks away, former Field Marshal Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi seems all…
Read MoreWhere In The World Is Barack Hussein Obama?
When all you have left is a drone, every problem looks like collateral damage.
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