This dissertation considers the claim, made recently and most provocatively by Michael J. Perry, that the only intelligible foundation for the idea of human rights is one that is distinctly religious. I argue that the limitations of contemporary secular theories do not doom the …
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The historian C. John Sommerville has invited academics to treat secularism much as they have religion, which means he thinks it should be studied, written about, and taught critically. This dissertation represents an attempt to accept Professor Sommerville's invitation and perh…
Islam is often said to be incompatible with French secularism. Yet the French state never created the conditions for Muslim immigrants to become secular republicans. For Muslim immigrants, who were simultaneously promised equality as individuals and segregated on religious groun…
In this dissertation I explore social identity, secularism, and Indian Muslims' conceptions and experiences of living in a secular state while debating among themselves the meanings of ethical Muslim selfhood. Through participant observation and interviews based on over 15months…
This thesis investigates the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. The need to explore this topic has been urged by the revival there of Islamic law and adat law, the two greatest non-state normative orderings, in the last two decades. At the same time the idea…
In a thoroughly updated second edition of his popular and engaging book, John D. Caputo revisits Augustine's ancient question "what do I love when I love my God?" and presses it into service in the post-modern world. Accessible but without compromising the big ideas, he raises t…