Category Archives: Freedom

January 25, 2012

Stubborn Amish and Stubborn Atheists

Peter Berger

One of my earliest memories is of an incident in the kindergarten of my childhood in Vienna. I must have been at most five years old. I was supposed to speak a line in a play about which I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Modernity, United States | 25 Comments
June 22, 2011

Confucius and Religious Freedom

Peter Berger

It seems that I suffer from a condition not yet included in the list of officially recognized psychiatric maladies: Manic Associational Syndrome (MAS). This is the irresistible urge to perceive things—like news items—as belonging together that are normally perceived as … Continue reading →

Posted in Asia, Christianity, Freedom | 11 Comments
April 20, 2011

What is the West? And Where Is It?

Peter Berger

For some decades now there has been a debate over the alleged Western bias of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the multitude of activities that have emanated from it. The debate has typically focused on the priority of … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Secularism, The West, United States | 6 Comments