A talk by Arolda Elbassani, CDTR Visiting Researcher, PhD in Social and Political Sciences from the European University Institute, Florence. Moderated by Karen Barkey, Professor of Sociology, Columbia University.

Since the fall of communism, Muslim organizations have boomed in number and strength in Albania. Yet, they represent an exceptional case of Islam which is both liberal, tolerant, pro-democratic and pro-European.  The Albanian brand of moderate Islam has persisted over radical influences which have penetrated the porous post-communist terrain characterized by open competition for sources and ideas.

Co-sponsored with Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion (CDTR).

Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and author of Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus, which won a National Jewish Book Award and Germany’s Geiger Prize.

Intrigued with Islam: Jewish Scholars, Travelers, and Converts in Modern Europe
Tuesday, October 13, 6:30-8pm
International Affairs Building, Room 707
420 W. 118th St.

 

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Jesus as Aryan Hero: The Peculiar Conversion of Christianity into National Socialism
Thusday, October 15, 6:30-8pm
International Affairs Building, Room 707
420 W. 118th St.

 

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Denis Lacorne will discuss his new book De La Religion en Amerique: Essai d’histoire politique (2007), a comparative analysis of religion in America, which has received a popular and critical reception in France. An English translation is forthcoming.

Denis Lacorne is Director of Research at le Centre d’Etudes et de Recheches Internationales at L’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, where he is also a professor of comparative politics.

• Rise and Fall of American Secularism: Friday, March 28, noon–2 p.m., 80 Claremont, Room 101.

Rajeev Bhargava, Professor of Political Science at the University of Delhi, is Director of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies and the leading scholar on Indian secularism.

• Rehabilitating Secularism, Friday, February 8, 12–2 p.m., The Heyman Center for the Humanities, Common Room.

• To be Secular or Not: How Should States Deal With Religious Diversity? Thursday, February 21, 12–2 p.m, Kellogg Center, International Affairs Building, Room 1512.

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at McGill University and Templeton Prize-winning author of A Secular Age (2007).

What is Enchantment?
Monday, November 17, 8-10pm
International Affairs Building, Room 1501

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The Secular Age in a Global Context
Wednesday, November 19, 6-8pm
International Affairs Building, Room 1501

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More on the web: read the ongoing discussion of Charles Taylor’s “A Secular Age” at The Immanent Frame

Co-sponsored with Center for Study of Democracy, Toleration and Religion (CDTR); Committee on Global Thought (CGT); and Heyman Center for the Humanities.