John von Heyking (Lethbridge): Mysticism in Contemporary Islamic Political Thought: Orhan Pamuk and Abdolkarim Soroush. Theodore Dalrymple on Islam, the Marxism of our time. From The American Conservative, James Pinkerton on The Once & Future Christendom: What J.R.R. Tolkien tells us about surviving the clash of civilizations. An interview with Robert Spencer, author of Religion of Peace? Why Christianity Is and Islam Isn't. Charles Taylor on how "block thinking" about multiculturalism and the threat of Islam is leading us towards a clash of civilisations. Why isn't the world more secular? And why are there still so many Christians? Sociologists have many answers. A review of A Secular Age by Charles Taylor and The Stillborn God by Mark Lilla (and more). How should secularists and atheists treat sacred texts? Carlin Romano wants to know.