Abstract My article offers commentary about Jacques Berlinerblau's new book Secularism: The Basics .

Abstract The vast majority of studies on Buṭrus al-Bustānī (1819–83), a leading intellectual the Arab Nahḍa, have focused his “transitions” from Maronite church to Protestantism and then various secular pursuits, such as fostering Syrian national identity, separation religion politics, supporting political culture based equal rights religious ecumenism. present article contends that extant lite...

Black churches in the USA constitute a significant source of the homophobia that pervades black communities. This theologically-driven homophobia is reinforced by the anti-homosexual rhetoric of black nationalism. Drawing on a variety of sources, this paper discusses the sources of homophobia within black communities, and its impact upon self-esteem, social relationships and physical health. Re...

This article argues that the post-secular turn is new social analysis shapes politics of impoverized2 in Islamic liberation theology. In this article, I suggest that, given essentialism and determinism characterizing much contemporary studies religion secularism, a direct articulation approach from an theology perspective both inevitable necessary. Such can offer meaning for secularism by engag...