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Secularism

The Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor, widely considered one of today’s foremost thinkers, is unusual in that he has never hidden his Catholic beliefs and has. . .

Matthew Rose
Nov. 20 2014 12:01AM

American Jews are “secure” but lack “self-confidence.” So Irving Kristol wrote in 1991. Right then; right now?

Oct. 1 2014 4:57PM

Can secularists lead moral lives? Of course. What about an entire nation? Of course not.  

Dennis Prager
July 9 2014 12:01AM

The “millennial” generation has increasingly dispensed with old bonds of nation, community, and religion. Is the trend sustainable?

Ross Douthat
March 18 2014 12:01AM

A growing Jewish revival in the defiantly secular metropolis is symptomatic of an unprecedented shift in Israel’s religious culture.

Suzanne Selengut
Dec. 12 2013 12:00AM

The proposed establishment of civil marriage in Israel, although in apparent conflict with Jewish tradition, could help to diminish animosity toward Judaism among secular Israelis.

Benjamin Lau
Nov. 15 2013 12:00AM

With greater participation of haredim in the life of the country, will secular Israelis shed their reflexive contempt for this community and learn something from. . .

Sept. 9 2013 12:00AM

Social scientists report that religious believers are healthier and happier than non-believers; believers should think twice before celebrating.

Ari Schulman
Aug. 12 2013 12:00AM

Relegated to the sidelines by early secular Zionists, the Talmud has been resurrected in Israeli culture. But has its triumph come too late? 

Shai Secunda
July 23 2013 12:00AM

Reports of the demise of religion in America have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new study; but the nature of belief is changing.

William McKenzie
July 22 2013 12:00AM

Secular universities, of all places, have become a principal arena where the best Christian ideas do battle with the most sophisticated versions of the materialist. . .

July 17 2013 12:00AM

Does belief in America’s distinctive democracy—a government with clear limits defined by the natural rights of the governed—entail religious belief?

George F. Will
July 17 2013 12:00AM

Busily denouncing Western intolerance, the political philosopher Martha Nussbaum fails to consider the possibility of genuine conflict between unreformed religion and secular democracy.

Giorgi Areshidze
July 11 2013 12:00AM

In their insistence on freedom from religion in the name of human rights, Europeans risk ultimately corroding the very foundations of those rights.

Roger Trigg
July 8 2013 12:00AM