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Cultural Creativity in the Cosmopolitan Caliphate: Philosophy and Theology in 3rd-Century Islam

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019

David Bennett on Racha el Omari A confluence of unusual circumstances allowed for an explosion of original thought in the 9th Century—the 3rd ... [Read More]

Was the Word in the Beginning? On the Relationship between Language and Concepts

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Adele Reinhartz on Boyarin’s Judaism As part of the Key Words in Jewish Studies series by Rutgers University Press, Daniel Boyarin’s book, Judaism: The ... [Read More]

The Heartbreak of Modernity

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019

Martin Kavka on Boyarin’s Judaism The argument of Boyarin’s book is right there in the title – Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern ... [Read More]

Coercion and Justice in Islam

June 21, 2019

Mairaj Syed’s book provides a highly readable introduction into how a group of Muslim theologians and jurists understood coercion as a theological, ethical ... [Read More]

Tripping to Enlightenment? Science, Religion, and Psychedelics

June 7, 2019

Audrey Farley on Michael Pollan In 1855, while on an expedition of the interior of Africa, the British missionary and explorer David Livingstone ... [Read More]

Religion and National Loyalty

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

Larry W. Hurtado on the origins of religious pluralism In its first two centuries, early Christianity effectively laid the basis for religious pluralism. ... [Read More]

Beyond Supersessionism: Paul Tillich on Judaism

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019

Susannah Heschel Reviews Robert Meditz After reading this excellent study of Paul Tillich, based on the author’s doctoral dissertation, I realized that the ... [Read More]

Islam and the Art of the Cross

February 1, 2019February 4, 2019

Evan Kuehn reviews Navid Kermani Art and religion face each other. Their gaze can offer unity beyond the oppositional pairs that define our ... [Read More]

Decolonizing Philosophy: Samuel Loncar Interviews Carlos Fraenkel and Peter Adamson about Islam, Reason, and Religion

December 21, 2018May 22, 2019

We think of philosophy today as an austere, secular, and narrowly academic enterprise. Because of its secularity and associations with atheism, many religious ... [Read More]

The Critics versus Queen

November 14, 2018November 14, 2018

If we’re lucky, we’ve killed a man. A self that has to pass away for something new to be born. People are buying ... [Read More]