William Cavanaugh, Author at Contending Modernities

Nation Statism and the Jewish Tradition: William Cavanaugh Interviews Yaacov Yadgar

Yaacov Yadgar and William Cavanaugh
July 16, 2025July 23, 2025

I think it is a given that the multiplicity of human languages, traditions, practices, etc. diversify and enrich our ways of being in the world; this multiplicity is a good thing.

Critiquing the Idolatry of Nationalism: Yaacov Yadgar Interviews William Cavanaugh

Series: CM Conversations

William Cavanaugh and Yaacov Yadgar
July 14, 2025July 14, 2025

The myth that we are disenchanted is a form of self-congratulation used to marginalize those who do not fit the secular paradigm

Something Rotten in the State of Denmark: Katongole on Africa’s Gifts for the West

Series: Born from Lament

William Cavanaugh
August 18, 2017August 8, 2017

The choice for Katongole is not simply the choice between Africa and the West. The cure for Africa’s problems does indeed need to come from outside of Africa, but not from a Western state. It needs to come from God.

Articles written by William Cavanaugh

Nation Statism and the Jewish Tradition: William Cavanaugh Interviews Yaacov Yadgar

Critiquing the Idolatry of Nationalism: Yaacov Yadgar Interviews William Cavanaugh

Something Rotten in the State of Denmark: Katongole on Africa’s Gifts for the West