The American Tradition of Civil Religion
Civil religion is a distinctly American tradition, an engagement with enduring principles set against two rival traditions, explains Philip Gorksi.
The Problem of Assessment: Part I
Understanding the nature of thriving in cities requires tackling challenging questions about how to identify, conceptualize, measure, and assess urban life. This is Part I of three posts exploring such inquiries.
There is Hope in Africa
A recent global survey shows that high numbers of Africans believe that brighter days are ahead. One potential explanation: the influence of Prosperity Gospel Pentecostalism.
Read quickly, for tomorrow you die
In moments like ours when we feel as though we are awash in so many words, we look for ways to cope, ways to manage and structure our reading through technologies of all kinds.
Twitter as Aphorism
For University of Pennsylvania Professor Eric Jarosinski, Twitter's formal constraint of just 144 characters has freed him of the endless equivocations of academic prose.
Winter Storm Pax and the Power of Names
As Winter Storm Pax pushes across the eastern United States this week, I find myself pondering the power of names.
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