13 Faith before Reason

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Prologue: Taking Sides 1
4. I Politics All the Way Down
5. 1 At the Federalist Society 19
6. 2 Sauce for the Goose 34
7. 3 Of an Age and Not for All Time 46
8. 4 Boutique Multiculturalism 56
9. II Fish on the First
10. 5 The Rhetoric of Regret 75
11. 6 Fraught with Death 93
12. 7 The Dance of Theory 115
13. III Reasons for the Devout
14. 8 Vicki Frost Objects 153
15. 9 Mission Impossible 162
16. 10 A Wolf in Reason’s Clothing 187
17. 11 Playing Not to Win 211
18. 12 Why We Can’t All Just Get Along 243
19. 13 Faith before Reason 263
20. IV Credo
21. 14 Beliefs about Belief 279
22. 15 Putting Theory in Its Place 285
23. 16 Truth and Toilets 293
24. Epilogue: How the Right Hijacked the Magic Words 309
25. Notes 313
26. Acknowledgments 325
27. Index 326