Since its publication in 1993, John Rawls's Political Liberalism has been central to debates
concerning political legitimacy, democratic theory, toleration, and multiculturalism in …

In this article I analyze Rawls' and Habermas' accounts of the role of religion in political
deliberations in the public sphere. After pointing at some difficulties involved in the unequal …

Giorgio Agamben: Power, Law and the Uses of Criticism is a thorough engagement with the
thought of the influential Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. It explores Agamben's work …

This book explores the hopeful possibility that emerging geographies of postsecularity are
able to contribute significantly to the understanding of how common life may be shared, and …

Ritual and the Sacred discusses some of the most important issues of modern socio-political
life through the lens of a neo-Durkheimian perspective. Building on the main lesson of …

Gender and Cosmopolitanism in Europe combines a feminist critique of contemporary and
prominent approaches to cosmopolitanism with an in-depth analysis of historical …

This article is meant as a response to Cristina Lafont's critiques of Habermas' view of
religion's role in the public sphere. For Lafont, the burdens that Habermas places on secular …

This article evaluates Jürgen Habermas's attempt to reopen political liberalism to religion. In
trying to “take religion seriously,” Habermas goes further than John Rawls and other liberal …

In his recent writings, Jürgen Habermas asks how the liberal constitutional principle of
separation between church and state, religion and politics, should be understood. The …

THE proper role of religion in liberal democracies is as contested as ever. This contestation
produces understandable fears that democratic institutions may ultimately be incompatible …