Articles by E K
E K / April 29, 2013
There is no single way to describe the country today
E K / July 21, 2010
Guilt, stirred up by leftist thinkers, is now de rigueur in the west. But Pascal Bruckner believes our soul-searching is both hypocritical and injurious
E K / March 20, 2010
A fast-growing Muslim population is a threat to European values, according to the “Eurabianists.” But a culture war in which fundamentalists of all faiths fight secularism is a more worrying trend
E K / June 4, 2009
Religion is once again one of the most urgent fields of human experience. Now an important new book has startling things to tell us about its future
E K / February 28, 2009
Samuel Huntington died a pariah among America's intellectual elite. It's because he was normal
E K / November 23, 2008
Two new studies of empire and nationalism should make us think again about conflating xenophobia, nationalism and aggression
E K / November 25, 2007
A leading US Christian says that faith in Europe will be re-energised by a creative Christian minority and by the example of Islam. But he is too sanguine about the integration of Muslims and about...
E K / June 30, 2007
The individualism and universalism of western political elites are on a collision course with the popular desire for moorings in time and place. The nation state cannot be replaced by global norms
E K / November 19, 2006
In Europe, the fertility advantage of the religious over non-believers has historically been counterbalanced by the march of secularisation. Not any more. Secularisation in Europe is now in decline,...