The Quran Problem and Islamism
The Quran Problem and Islamism. Salim Mansur. Mantua Books, 2017. Salim Mansur writes as a self-described “dissident Muslim,” which he defines as “someone who either critically…
Voegelin and 21st-Century Jihadism
The foundation for a Voegelinian understanding of 21st-century jihadism has been laid by Michael Franz and Barry Cooper, Franz’s work in relation to modern ideology in general,…
The Political Meaning of Common Sense
Common Sense: A Political History. Sophia Rosenfeld. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011. Sophia Rosenfeld’s Common Sense aims to show the crucial but heretofore little noticed…
Truth in American Common Sense
Our subject of “Common Sense Philosophy and Politics in America” suggests a number of important questions about the rational basis of society, the practical role of philosophy…
Mormonism and America
LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture. Lee Trepanier and Lynita K. Newswander. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012. There is a…
Richard Rorty and the Core of Progressivism
The Religious Character of American Progressivism The analysis of progressivism given by Eric Voegelin six decades ago in his New Science of Politics remains illuminating even today. …
Common Sense and the Common Sense Tradition
The philosophical and political import of common sense is strikingly suggested in a passage from Eric Voegelin's Autobiographical Reflections. The passage has the additional merit of highlighting…