On Islam, Liberalism, and Islam in Liberalism – by Kathleen Foody
Kathleen Foody on Joseph Massad’s Islam in Liberalism In 1981, Edward Said asked whether “Islam [is] in the end useful as a notion,
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Jewish City Values – by Rachel Gordan
“Wait, is he talking about us?” In one of the many highlights/lowlights of this presidential election season, presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz accused
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The Modern Mosaic of Science and Religion – by Donovan Schaefer
Donovan Schaefer on Peter Harrison’s The Territories of Science and Religion Are science and religion doomed to clash? Are they irreconcilable — a
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Gothic on Trial – By James Alexander Cameron
James Alexander Cameron on Stephen Murray’s Plotting Gothic and Jonathan Foyle’s Lincoln Cathedral “Gothic.” Originally coined as a term of exclusion — things
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Beyond Colonial Classification – By Kimberly Arkin
Kimberly Arkin on Sarah Stein’s Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria Since the beginning of the Second Intifada in 2000, the
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Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? Lessons from Medieval Interfaith Relations – By Alex J. Novikoff
Alex J. Novikoff on David Nirenberg’s Neighboring Faiths Good fences make good neighbors, or so insisted Robert Frost’s curt and uncompromising neighbor in
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Confessions of a Hollywood Liberal: American Sitcoms and the Culture Wars, from Norman Lear to “Parks and Recreation” – By L. Benjamin Rolsky
L. Benjamin Rolsky on Andrew Hartman’s A War for the Soul of America A little over a month ago, the critically acclaimed situation comedy “Parks and
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Violence Preceding the Myth of Jewish Sacrilege
Joshua Teplitsky on Mitchell Merback’s Pilgrimage and Pogrom: Violence, Memory, and Visual Culture at the Host-Miracle Shrines of Germany and Austria For much
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Traveling to Acquire Knowledge – By Daniel Majchrowicz
Daniel Majchrowicz on Houari Touati’s Islam and Travel in the Middle Ages Travel was always desirable to them And they visited every continent
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