Strauss therefore argued that political philosophy must re-open the “theological-political problem” rather than declare it settled. That does not mean re-imposing dogma; it means rediscovering, through thinkers such as Plato, Maimonides, and even Hobbes and Spinoza at their best, the ways in which reason and revelation, liberty and moral limits,... See more

What kinds of power did we relinquish when we assumed that religion could be relegated to the private sector? How did our belief in this universalist claim—that there’s a separation of church and state—lead us to our current moment of religious resurgence?