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Fall 2014 |Volume 32, Issue 3
Cracks in the Secular
An injection of hope: the fall issue of Comment will seriously challenge and confront the attempt of some to reconfigure North American public life in a way that diminishes and excludes robust religious expression. But we'll also see an opportunity and invitation to hear in "the secular" an enduring longing for something more.
This issue of Commment includes a stunning interview with renowned philosopher Charles Taylor.
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- Cracks in the Secular
Longing for "something more" in the secular.
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- World View
An annotated reading of your world, including war and sacrifice, PTSD, and John Oliver.
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- Headquarters
Updates from Cardus on the renewal of social architecture. In this issue, we highlight our pivotal upcoming law conference, Montebello Forward.
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- Building Ethical Bridges in a Secular Age
Fear of the secular is not helpful or necessary in our religious conversations.
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- Sacred and Secular Belief: Can We Have Peace?
Are we on our way to a belief-free society now that we are educated and prosperous?
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- A Postcard from the Pacific Northwest
What does the future hold for secularism in the West?
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- Inequality in an Acre
There have to be more frequent, and more creative, ways to bridge the inequality gap.
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- Imagining an "Open" Secularism
The intersection of ideas and public life for understanding our "secular age."
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- Is Religious Journalism Haunted?
Cracks in the myth of objectivity.
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- Making Room for Faith
It doesn't help the cause of faith to caricature science.
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- What Then?
Throughout history, the light has always broken through.
Contributors to this Issue
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Alissa Wilkinson Alissa Wilkinson is assistant professor of English and humanities at The King's College in NYC, and chief film critic at Christianity Today. Bio -
Anne Snyder Anne Snyder is the editor-in-chief of Comment magazine and oversees our partner project, Breaking Ground. Bio -
Charles Taylor Charles Taylor is a Roman Catholic philosopher who is particularly admired for his work on Hegel, modernity, and secularism. Bio -
James K.A. Smith James K.A. Smith was the editor-in-chief of Comment from 2013-2018, and teaches philosophy at Calvin College. He is the new editor-in-chief of Image Journal. Bio -
Margaret Somerville Margaret Somerville is Founding Director Emerita of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at McGill University. Bio -
Mary Anne Waldron Professor Mary Anne Waldron has been a faculty member in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria since 1976. Bio -
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Peter Stockland Peter Stockland is a Cardus Senior Fellow and Publisher of the Catholic Register. Bio -
Tanya Luhrmann Tanya Marie Luhrmann is an anthropologist in the Stanford Anthropology Department. She's written four books. Bio
