spirituality & religion

摘要

WHETHER SOCIETY IS critiquing religion or the other way around, it is often difficult to tell which is which, as can be seen in Geneive Abdo's analysis of the Shi'a-Sunni divide in The New Sectarianism, or Matt Eisenbrandt's legal intrigue with the Assassination of a Saint. A more philosophical look at the blurring between secular society and religious belief can be found in Adam Kotsko's The Prince of This World, while Paul Seungoh Chung presents in a Crossroads of Worldviews, the possibility of synthesizing the secular and sacred. This season also offers a number of fulfilling biographies, including Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg's investigation of Moses and Macy Halford's devotional memoir.