Peter Schwartz

Peter Schwartz received a PhD in political philosophy from Berkeley, taught at the University of Maryland and Washington University in St. Louis, and subsequently worked as the Politics editor for the Microsoft Encarta digital encyclopedia. He founded an online legal news and data company called Knowledge Mosaic which was purchased by LexisNexis in 2012. His work has been published in Political Theory, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, The Nation, The New Republic, the Chicago Tribune and other outlets.

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Religion Dispatches

'Spooky Action' of Quantum Physics Offers an Alternative Frame for War in the Middle East and the 2024 Election

By now you’ve read about Hamas’s attack and Israel’s ferocious response , all of which has exposed deep divisions on the Right , and aroused Christian Zionist supporters , b ut what are the…

Peter Schwartz

October 23, 2023

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Religion Dispatches

The Intellectual Source Code For National Conservatism Can Be Found at This Niche Catholic Publication

First Things describes itself as “America’s most influential journal of religion and public life.” You might not have heard of First Things —the magazine’s circulation wouldn’t drain a bathtub and its…

Peter Schwartz

March 29, 2023

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Religion Dispatches

Who Could Possibly Take Issue With 'Human Dignity'? Beware of Trojan Horses

Upon the recent death of the conservative British historian Paul Johnson, the right-wing journal Public Discourse praised Johnson as the “historian of human dignity.” Another recent piece in the…

Peter Schwartz

February 13, 2023

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