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Indictment and Deliberation in Late Modernity

Gustavo Maya
August 31, 2016February 23, 2017

GUSTAVO MAYA

At their best, indictment and deliberation inform and support each other. Prophetic indictment can shake us from our conformity. Practical deliberation can help us provide reasons for our judgments. Read the full article »

Loss, Lament and Prophetic Modernities

Series: Prophecy Without Contempt

M. Christian Green
August 30, 2016August 15, 2019

Can prophetic indictment balance lamentation with justice, irony with hope? Read the full article »

Foundations for Democracy in Islamic Traditions

Series: Rome 2016

Armina Omerika
August 3, 2016August 14, 2019

The “Islamic state” is a construct of modernity, of Muslim intellectuals trying to cope with modernity, secularization, and colonialism.

Jan-Werner Müller: “Illiberal Democracy” as a Misnomer

Series: Rome 2016

Dania Straughan
July 27, 2016August 14, 2019

In the inaugural address of the “Making Democracy One’s Own” conference in Rome on May 30th, 2016, Jan-Werner Müller recounted the divergent strategies taken by 19th and 20th European Catholics in making their respective political systems “their own.”

Reflections on Rome: Keeping Particularities In

Series: Rome 2016

Slavica Jakelić
July 27, 2016January 25, 2024

The intellectual and social histories of humanisms show how they can slip all too easily and all too comfortably into a drive against differences and, thus, against pluralism.

Atalia Omer: A Response to Jan-Werner Müller

Series: Rome 2016

Atalia Omer
June 29, 2016January 24, 2024

A “democracy” that lacks a fundamental commitment to pluralism opens the door to totalitarianism.

Michael Driessen: A Response to Jan-Werner Müller’s Remarks

Series: Rome 2016

Michael Driessen
June 29, 2016August 14, 2019

The identity politics at work here are dangerously illiberal and run counter to the hopes of postwar European institutions.

From London to Rome: Changing the Conversation about Religion

Series: Rome 2016

Atalia Omer
June 27, 2016July 28, 2017

ATALIA OMER

The conference “Making Democracy One’s Own: Muslim, Catholic and Secular Perspectives in Dialogue on Democracy, Development, and Peace” (Rome, May 30-June 1, 2016) sought to strengthen and intervene in theorizing the question of religion and democracy.