The Uses of Historical Comparison
Obama leads by a nose length, Hillary on his tail coming around the bend in the last round; who’s on first, who’s on second? The race is really boring — the pundits called it quite a while ago. Still, in a desperate effort to keep everyone on the...Lessons from Looking Backward
Recently I have found myself more irate than usual about the lack of a living wage for all American workers; to me this is a moral issue that transcends all political posturing. A few weeks ago at my youngest brother’s college graduation Tavis Smiley spoke about...Should Public Universities have Religious Studies Departments?
Here at UMass Amherst we do not have a religious studies department, even though student interest in religion is on the rise. Courses on religion that are offered in the history department or part of the university’’s certificate program (a kind of minor,...Seeking genuine “catholicity” (or pluralism) in studies of religion
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are three major contemporary religions to come out of the Middle East, my region of focus as a scholar of contemporary law and politics. I study aspects of one religion professionally (Islam), experience the impact of another publicly...E-Edition
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