The Muslim world is not a monolith. It contains far more disagreement about the future of Islamic politics than is imagined by those who think that all Muslims are “Islamofascists.” Nothing ...
In these heady days of a new pope, Pope Francis, we must not forget the real gifts that our Pope Emeritus Benedict has given us as his legacy — and the ways that Francis is carrying forth what ...
An Iraqi Christian is shown during preparations before Pope Francis visit at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.) Listen ROME – Perhaps the most ...
The following review of Dario Antiseri’s book, L’invenzione cristiana della laicità (Rubbettino, 2017) appeared June 9, 2017 in Avvenire. Whether “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar ...
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Courtesy of Yo sí quiero un Estado Laico Costa Rica Yo sí quiero un estado laico (I do want a secular state) is a collective that deeply believes that religion and the state should be separated so ...
As a philosophy, secularism seeks to interpret life based solely on principles derived from the material world. As a political system, secularism is commonly defined as the separation of religion from ...
The thanksgiving prayers at State House to bless the incoming administration elicited a robust debate on whether our governments should maintain a wall between state and religious affairs. Considering ...