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Seeking Nietzsche

Steven E. Aschheim | No singular Nietzschean paradigm has ever utterly dominated the philosophical, political and cultural landscape.

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Biotech, Nuclear War, and the Singularity: Humanity in 2054

Technological and scientific progress often have a fraught relationship with religion. . .

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Politics and the Plague in Medieval Persia: A Non-Western Perspective of Pandemic History

SARA AMERI MAHABADI | What we witnessed during COVID is not entirely new. Blaming others, attempting to dismantle the status quo, or...

Mar 1

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Sports in Jewish Culture

IRA GLICK & NEIL EISENBERG | The Jewish problem with athletics literally arose in the locker room.

Apr 26

Review

A New Anarchism

ARTHUR BRAVO | Activism and activists of all persuasions stand to benefit from a mutually dynamic dialogue between theory and practice.

Defining Science: Language, Method, and Objectives

Apr 12

Meanings of Science

Defining Science: Language, Method, and Objectives

NICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.

Meanings of Science

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Apr 12

Meanings of Science

Defining Science: Language, Method, and Objectives

NICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.

What Are the Humanities and to What End Does One Study Them?

Mar 1

Meanings of Science

What Are the Humanities and to What End Does One Study Them?

VITTORIO HÖSLE | Where does the enthusiasm of the 18th century for the humanities come from?

The Two Scientific Revolutions: A Conversation with Vittorio Hösle

Feb 16

Meanings of Science

The Two Scientific Revolutions: A Conversation with Vittorio Hösle

VITTORIO HÖSLE | We must try to develop again a worldview in which scientific and ethical thinking. . .

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SherAli Tareen’s Defending Muhammad in Modernity

Aug 18, 2022

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SherAli Tareen’s Defending Muhammad in Modernity

This forum on SherAli Tareen’s landmark study, Defending Muhammad in Modernity, illuminates several key terms in the study of religion in th

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Apr 26

Review

A New Anarchism

ARTHUR BRAVO | Activism and activists of all persuasions stand to benefit from a mutually dynamic dialogue between theory and practice.

Apr 12

Review

Seeking Nietzsche

Steven E. Aschheim | No singular Nietzschean paradigm has ever utterly dominated the philosophical, political and cultural landscape.

Marilynne Robinson in the World of the Patriarchs

Mar 15

Review

Marilynne Robinson in the World of the Patriarchs

TIMOTHY LARSEN | For the Bible to speak to our world it has to be set in it, acknowledging the reality of the worst evils that befall us...

Biotech, Nuclear War, and the Singularity: Humanity in 2054

Mar 15

Review

Biotech, Nuclear War, and the Singularity: Humanity in 2054

Technological and scientific progress often have a fraught relationship with religion. . .

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Politics and the Plague in Medieval Persia: A Non-Western Perspective of Pandemic History

Mar 15

Essay

Politics and the Plague in Medieval Persia: A Non-Western Perspective of Pandemic History

SARA AMERI MAHABADI | What we witnessed during COVID is not entirely new. Blaming others, attempting to dismantle the status quo, or...

Mar 1

Essay

Sports in Jewish Culture

IRA GLICK & NEIL EISENBERG | The Jewish problem with athletics literally arose in the locker room.

Mar 1

Meanings of Science

What Are the Humanities and to What End Does One Study Them?

VITTORIO HÖSLE | Where does the enthusiasm of the 18th century for the humanities come from?

A Tale of Two Historians: Remembering Natalie Zemon Davis and Donald R. Kelley

Feb 15

Essay

A Tale of Two Historians: Remembering Natalie Zemon Davis and Donald R. Kelley

DANIEL WOOLF | Two very different historians, two complementary visions of the past, and two equally valuable bequests to future . . .

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The Paradigm Shift: A New Vision of Science and Religion with Peter Harrison

Nov 10, 2023

Meanings of Science

The Paradigm Shift: A New Vision of Science and Religion with Peter Harrison

PETER HARRISON | So there’s a kind of imperialistic assumption about the superiority of the intellectual apparatus that we’re operating . .

NASA’s Psyche Mission: Lindy Elkins-Tanton in Conversation with Philip Ball

Oct 27, 2023

Meanings of Science

NASA’s Psyche Mission: Lindy Elkins-Tanton in Conversation with Philip Ball

Their conversation is lively and illuminating as they discuss the importance of teamwork for the NASA launch. . .

Mar 16, 2023

Interview

From Nuclear Radiology to The Bhagavad Gita: An Interview with Amit Majmudar

AMIT MAJMUDAR | So anyone can approach the Gita without feeling their particular religious background or faith affiliation is under attack.

Science and the Healing of the World: A Conversation with Tom McLeish, Part Two

Feb 16, 2023

Interview

Science and the Healing of the World: A Conversation with Tom McLeish, Part Two

TOM McLEISH | Science is more about questions than answers, and that the critical imaginative move in science is to conceive of the creative