POPE FRANCIS AND THE MUSLIMS

This lecture was given on March 19, 2019, for the Muslim Studies Program at Michigan State University, directed by Dr. Mohammad Khalil. In it, I discuss the 800 year anniversary of the meeting between Saint Francis and Sultan Malik al-Kamil, in Damietta, Egypt. From a Habermasian perspective, I argue that such an encounter can be translated into a template for discourse between religious and non-religious citizens within the post-secular society. This lecture is closely related to my book Islam in a Post-Secular Society: Religion, Secularity, and the Antagonism of Recalcitrant Faith (Brill, 2017; Haymarket, 2018). The book is also available in Arabic through Mo’minoun Without Borders (Rabat, Morocco)

Islam in a Post-Secular Society: Religion, Secularity, and the Antagonism of Recalcitrant Faith

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