Claims that the current age is one of secularization are much exaggerated; even amid globalization, religion enjoys “a luxurious pluralism,” writes Peter L. Berger, a professor of sociology and ...

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That the Philippines is the only Christian nation in Asia is a claim widely rehearsed in and about Philippine society. It is, for one, often found in media commentaries about Filipinos and their ...

The 21st century differs from the centuries that came before it in one essential respect: the emerging world order is now shaped by shared, long-term expectations and the inescapable logic of ...