Europe Unveiled

Europe Unveiled

Out of the Dark Ages and into the Seventh Century One of my college history professors liked to emphasize that secularization was the most important development in modern history. At the time, it didn’t seem quite as important to me as the Industrial Revolution, two...
Is Islam Fail-Safe?

Is Islam Fail-Safe?

“Deeply-held” beliefs are not always as deeply-rooted as they seem. “Is Islam too big to fail?”  I raised that question ten years ago in Christianity, Islam, and Atheism.  I pointed out that, like Islam, Soviet communism once had an air of inevitability...