The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance

Language is capable of becoming the objective repository of vast accumulations of meaning and experience, which it can then preserve in time and transmit to following generations.

Our institute's agenda is relatively simple. We study the relationship between social-economic change and culture. By culture we mean beliefs, values and lifestyles. We cover a broad range of issues, and we work very internationally.

Even in a society as tightly controlled as Singapore's, the market creates certain forces which perhaps in the long run may lead to democracy

The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance

One can't understand the Christian Right and similar movements unless one sees them as reactive - they're reacting to what they call secular humanism

To be located in society means to be at the intersection point of specific social forces. Commonly one ignores these forces one also knows that there is not an awful lot that one can do about this.