How the West Really Lost God: A New Theory of Secularization
In "How the West Really Lost God", leading cultural critic Mary Eberstadt delivers a powerful new theory about the decline of religion in the Western world.
The Heritage Foundation
Diana Eck - The New Cosmopolis: Cities and the Realities of Religious Pluralism
Cities are the focal point of religious pluralism, for in cities the cultures and traditions of the world are concentrated. They are, as Lewis Mumford put it, "energy ...
The University of Edinburgh
Should The US Be Considered A Democracy?
Help make a difference by installing the free Tab for a Cause browser extension! Visit https://tab.gladly.io/secondthought Does the US live up to the standards it ...
Second Thought
Rationalism, Pluralism, and Hayek's History of Liberal Thought
The classical liberal economist F.A. Hayek frequently wrote on the history of liberal ideas, trying both to recover half-forgotten truths and to find the sources of ...
CISAus
Pluralism: The Sine Qua Non of Liberal Democracy
Pluralism -- the ability of multiple cultures and perspectives to co-exist within a shared society –is the sine qua non of liberal democracy and robust civil society.
GPF Org
Jordan Peterson: The fatal flaw in leftist American politics | Big Think
Jordan Peterson: The fatal flaw in leftist American politics New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers ...
Big Think
The Pluralism Project of Distortion: What do Asian Americans Really Believe?
Fenggang Yang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Purdue University (March 15, 2007 at Middlebury College)
UChannel
The Rise of Populist Nationalism with Francis Fukuyama
Hear from Francis Fukuyama, Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and the Mosbacher Director of the Center ...
Stanford Alumni
Peter Berger on the Political Dilemma of Managing Religion in Modern and Pluralistic Societies
For more on this event, visit: http://bit.ly/VsjBYC For a full-length video of this event, visit: http://bit.ly/YdNI4D For more on the Berkley Center, visit: ...
Berkley Center
Lecture 22: Political Sources of Populism - Misdiagnosing Democracy’s Ills
What is it about democratic political systems that has fostered the resurgence of population? Prof. Ian Shapiro discusses answers to this question by shifting the ...
YaleCourses
Existential Psychotherapy - Professor Mick Cooper
Get early access to our latest psychology lectures: http://bit.ly/new-talks With roots that can be traced back to the existential work of Søren Kierkegaard and ...
The Weekend University
"Noam Chomsky on Poverty & Inequality in America" - Concord University 2-23-2016
Organized by Dr. Lawrence Eppard, this event is sponsored by Concord's Department of Sociology and the Division of Social Sciences. Noam Chomsky is an ...
Concord University West Virginia
Religious Pluralism in America (Full Session)
America's religious diversity: are we pulling together or pulling apart? Three distinguished authorities on American religion discuss how the country can move ...
The Aspen Institute
Prison Reform: Alternatives to Mass Incarceration with Steven Raphael
Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) UC Berkeley professor Steve Raphael assesses the success rates of prison reform efforts around the country, including the sentencing ...
University of California Television (UCTV)
National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
This address is part of a series of talks on Populism and the Challenges to the Liberal Order, which is co-hosted by Trinity College Dublin and the IIEA.
IIEA
Gar Alperovitz - Replacing Corporate Capitalism: Why We Need a Next System | Bioneers
This keynote speech was delivered at the 2018 National Bioneers Conference. Introduction by Bioneers Co-Founder and CEO Kenny Ausubel. As ecological ...
Bioneers
Progress in the Sciences and in the Arts
Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) The view that the sciences make progress, while the arts do not, is extremely common. Philip Kitcher, John Dewey Professor of ...
University of California Television (UCTV)
?? Putin's Russia | Empire
As Vladimir Putin begins his third term as Russian president, we ask if Russia can become a superpower once again. Russia is the largest country on the planet.
Al Jazeera English
When China Rules The World
Analysis and discussion with the Author of the book When China Rules the World Martin Jacques. He talks about China, with the global financial crisis, becomes ...
Bloomberg QuickTake Originals
The Crises of Global Neoliberalism: The Economy, Politics, Health | SOAS University of London
The Crises of Global Neoliberalism: The Economy, Politics, Health, a virtual webinar presented by Alfredo Saad-Filho (King's College London) on the 8th June ...
SOAS University of London
Ilan Stavans and Joseph Stiglitz '64 in Conversation: Point/Counterpoint, Amherst College, 10/2018
The "Globalism and Its Discontents: Point/Counterpoint" conversation series features Amherst College professor, and host of NEPR's In Contrast, Ilan Stavans ...
AmherstCollege
Can we stop authoritarian populism? | Crystal Cordell | TEDxSciencesPoCampusMenton
Amidst the rise of authoritarian populism and shifting trends towards right-wing extremism, Crystal Cordell questions the power of demagogues in the political ...
TEDx Talks
Religion in Latin America
Our major new survey on religion in Latin America finds identification with Catholicism has declined throughout the region.
Pew Research Center
Markos Kounalakis: The Decline of Western News
Just as the global economy increasingly is influenced by rising powers in the East, so too is the global news media. Today, Western journalism is in decline.
World Affairs
Trump, Brexit, and a New World Order
Against a backdrop of rising populism, weakening of traditional political parties, and a rejection of establishment politics in the United States and Europe, how ...
The Aspen Institute
Panel: Eastern Europe – a new illiberal 'Sonderweg'?, Dahrendorf Conference 2019
Panel: Eastern Europe – a new illiberal 'Sonderweg'? (Convenor: Reinhard Blomert, WZB) Panellists: Ivan Krastev (IWM Vienna) Katharina Bluhm (FU Berlin) ...
WZBlive
Linguistic Imperialism | Pirawat Punyagupta | TEDxBangkokPatanaSchool
Linguistic prowess nourishes one's understanding of ethnographic differences. Immersing myself in the study of foreign languages has opened up innumerable ...
TEDx Talks
What Americans Do and Don't Know About Religion
Read the Transcript: http://to.pbs.org/dpBDUt Alan Cooperman of the Pew forum on religion, talks to Judy Woodruff about what Americans know and don't know ...
PBS NewsHour
Can you respect pluralism while trying to convert others?
Ross Douthat and Peter Berger discuss the possibility of respecting pluralism while also trying to persuade people to change their minds on religious questions.
The Veritas Forum
Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom
In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Robert Kagan wrote, “Only with the advent of Enlightenment liberalism did people begin to believe that the individual ...
The Heritage Foundation
New and Old Empires
Geography is not destiny, but it may be the best starting point for understanding world politics. In a world of shifting alliances and divides, how are geography ...
World Economic Forum
A Political Economy Project Event: "Has Liberalism Failed?"
"Has Liberalism Failed? An Exchange" A Political Economy Project Event Panelists: Patrick Deneen, University of Notre Dame, and Aurelian Craiutu, University ...
Dartmouth
Nick Timothy - The Future of Conservatism
Nick Timothy CBE, one of Britain's leading conservative thinkers and commentators, explores the powerful forces driving great changes in our economy, society ...
iealondon
3. Dutch and British Exceptionalism
European Civilization, 1648-1945 (HIST 202) Several reasons can be found to explain why Great Britain and the Netherlands did not follow the other major ...
YaleCourses
The Rise of Illiberal Democracies
Speakers discuss the growing trend toward populism around the world and the current global state of democracy. Speakers Michael Abramowitz President, ...
Council on Foreign Relations
Peter Berger on the failure of the secularization hypothesis
30 years ago, there was a broad consensus among sociologists of religion that global modernization would lead to secularization. World-class sociologist of ...
The Veritas Forum
Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy Conference: Gita Gopinath, International Economy Issues
Gita Gopinath, Harvard University and NBER, presents her paper "Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy: International Economy Issues" on October 12, 2017, at the ...
Peterson Institute for International Economics
American Character: Maine and the Nation in the Aftermath of the 2016 Election
Presented by award-winning author, Colin Woodard, on April 27, 2017. Colin Woodard applies the conclusions of his most recent book American Character to ...
Saint Joseph's College
Journalism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The newspaper industry is suffering. That's bad news for journalists — both real and fictional. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last ...
LastWeekTonight
Religious Pluralism and Democratic Politics in Latin America
For more on this event, visit: http://bit.ly/m6Azjq For more on the Berkley Center, visit: http://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu May 3, 2011 | Churches and religiously ...
Berkley Center
Timothy M. Kaine on Pluralism and Moral Inquiry
Timothy M. Kaine presents "Pluralism and Moral Inquiry: How to Find the Common Good in an Increasingly Diverse Society" at the Donchian Ethics Symposium, ...
University of Richmond
'The Pragmatic Turn:' A lecture by Selzer Philosopher Richard J. Bernstein
Richard J. Bernstein, the 2013 Selzer Visiting Philosopher, gave a lecture on "The Pragmatic Turn" (he has a book by the same name) Feb. 13 at Beloit College.
Beloit College
