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The Interpretative Pivot: Hermeneutics and the Contemporary Decline of Islamic Pluralism – by Peter Gottschalk

August 26, 2016August 26, 2016

The sixth essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? In the penultimate chapter – “Applications and Implications: Coherent Contradiction, Exploration, ... [Read More]

Reconceptualization, Pre-Text, and Con-text – by Sajjad Rizvi

August 25, 2016August 25, 2016

The fifth essay in a forum on Shahab Ahmed’s What is Islam? We use categories and concepts in order to communicate something to ... [Read More]

Apocalypse is the Mother of Beauty – By Ed Simon

June 20, 2016June 21, 2016

Consider, Boethius. He was a descendent of a noble Italian family, a beneficiary of a classical education, and in some ways the last ... [Read More]

MRBlog | DISPATCHES. NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion (pt. 3) by Sarah E. Rollens

June 20, 2016June 20, 2016

By Sarah E. Rollens On July 17, the NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion at UVa wrapped up. I ... [Read More]

Shakespeare Contra Nietzsche by Andrew Lanham

May 9, 2016May 14, 2016

In the 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, one of his most influential afterlives has been in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, who thought ... [Read More]

First Impressions # 71: Marc Van De Mieroop on the Pursuit of Truth in Ancient Babylonia

February 9, 2016February 9, 2016

Long before Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, Babylonians developed their own rational system for exploring truth. Joseph Ryan Kelly talks with Marc Van De ... [Read More]

Theology and the University: A Lover’s Quarrel – Jonathan D. Teubner

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015

Jonathan D. Teubner on Johannes Zachhuber’s Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany “A professorship of theology should have no place in our institution,” ... [Read More]

The Logic of God: A New Look at an Old Reason to Believe – By Joshua Rasmussen

April 14, 2015April 14, 2015

Joshua Rasmussen on A.D. Smith’s Anselm’s Other Argument Can belief in God be based upon reason? Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033-1109) thought so. ... [Read More]

Philosophy in Dialogue – By Matthew A. Benton

March 17, 2015March 17, 2015

Matthew A. Benton on Timothy Williamson’s Tetralogue: I’m Right, You’re Wrong Living in society means learning from, and disagreeing with, others. Much of what ... [Read More]

Was Heidegger a Semitic Nomad? – By Michael Inwood

February 17, 2015February 17, 2015

Michael Inwood on Projection and Heidegger’s Black Notebooks Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is a controversial figure. He is widely revered, especially in France but now ... [Read More]