http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPBrfKsDPBc&list=QL&feature=BF
Feb
11
Jan
22
(A blog post I wrote for the Immanent Frame) Robert Bellah’s idea of civil religion, captured in his now famous essay “Civil Religion in America,” can in a moment of naïveté not only be seductive, but could almost pass as something universal: all countries have a civil religion of some... read more →
Jan
02
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/arts/design/01time.html
Jan
01
I hope 2010 brings greater world peace. Yet the prognosis is not very good. The attempted bombing of a plane to Detroit and the escalation of the war in Afghanistan will unfortunately, only provide oxygen to the cause of angry young Muslims who carry grievances. President Obama I hoped had... read more →
Nov
17
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