Rethinking Secularism Series

Past Events
Exploring the Post-Secular Image
Feb 12, 2008 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM    Jurow Hall, Silver Center, New York University

A public dialogue with Philip Gorski, Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Research and the Initiative on Religion, Politics and Society at Yale University, and John Torpey, Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.

The discussion will be moderated by host Craig Calhoun, University...

Religion, Secularism and Spirituality  Image
Mar 26, 2008 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM    The Bronfman Center, New York University

A public dialogue with Ann Taves, Professor of Catholic Studies and Professor of Religious Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara, and Courtney Bender, Associate Professor of Religion at Columbia University.

The discussion will be moderated by host Craig Calhoun, University Professor of the Social Sciences at NYU.

This event is the fourth installment in...

A Secular Age  Image
Apr 2, 2008 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM    Jurow Hall, Silver Center, New York University

A public dialogue with Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University and Michael Warner, Professor of English and American Studies at Yale University.

Charles Taylor is the winner of the 2007 Templeton Prize and author of A Secular Age (Harvard University Press, 2007)....

Religion and U.S. Politics: Election 2008  Image
Apr 29, 2008 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM    Jurow Hall, Silver Center, New York University

A public dialogue between D. Michael Lindsay, Professor of Sociology and Assistant Director of the Center on Race, Religion, and Urban Life at Rice University and host Craig Calhoun, University Professor of the Social Sciences at NYU.

D. Michael Lindsay is the author of Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite (Oxford University Press,...

Who Speaks for Islam? Image
May 6, 2008 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM    Kimmel Center, New York University

A public dialogue between John Esposito, University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs, Professor of Islamic Studies and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and host Craig Calhoun, University Professor of the Social Sciences at NYU.

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Sex and Secularity Image
Oct 8, 2008 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM    20 Cooper Square, 5th Floor, New York, NY

In conjunction with the one year anniversary of the launch of The Immanent Frame, the Social Science Research Council’s blog on secularism, religion and the public sphere, a panel discussion featuring Michael Warner on the topic of “Sex and secularity,” with responses...

Rethinking Secularism: the Power of Religion in the Public Sphere Image
Oct 22, 2009 3:00 PM - 7:30 PM    Cooper Union's Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street at Bowery.

Judith Butler:
Is Judaism Zionism? Religious Sources for the Critique of Violence

Jürgen Habermas:
"The Political" - The Rational Sense of a Questionable Inheritance of Political Theology

Charles Taylor:
Why We Need a Radical Redefinition of Secularism

Cornel West:
Prophetic Religion and The Future of Capitalist Civilization...