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On March 30, conservative political analyst and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat hosted a lecture in Persson Hall at Colgate University. His talk, “Religious Faith in a Secular Age: What Do Young People Believe?,” discussed the role of religion in modern society, especially within younger generations, and what specific movements and events have caused...

Both wars reflected American hubris, but Iraq looks more like our empire’s nemesis.

Charles Taylor, the Canadian philosopher and social theorist who has become one of the world’s most prominent thinkers in the last few decades, continues to influence American religious dialogues, including in the pages of 'America.'

What is the way out of polarization? And why does that question—along with the now-commonplace observation that society suffers from deepening divisions about everything from gun control to abortion to public funding for religious schools—seem so exhausting?

The Hedgehog Review is published three times per year by the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. In keeping with the Institute’s own mission and vision, the journal is concerned with issues of contemporary cultural change and its individual and social consequences.

Discussions on being a Muslim in Western countries are often approached from the perspective of concerns about national security or the integration of [...]

In a nation that binds spiritual and temporal power, will the end of the old metaphysical order threaten the state itself?

Today we have the pleasure of welcoming James C. Ungureanu (PhD, University of Queensland) as a guest contributor to the Anxious Bench. He is an

One of the most infuriating things for any medieval scholar is the continued public perception of the Middle Ages as a step backward for humanity, a

In the New Year, we must view our time through a divine lens.