Mircea Eliade and Antisemitism: An Exchange
Bryan Rennie and Philip Ó Ceallaigh exchange views on Mircea Eliade and antisemitism....
When the Apocalypse Didn’t Come
A memoir about growing up in a cult offers only a partial view of the picture....
Putting Islam Out of Use
Arab Spring didn't usher in a new era of Arab democracy, but it did mark the end of traditional conservatism in which instrumentalized Islam was so vital....
Remembering Simone Weil: The Price and the Purpose of Philosophy
Robert Zaretsky considers the legacy of Simone Weil 75 years after her death....
Let Us Rejoice While We Are Young
Maria Rybakova reviews Mircea Eliade's early novel "Gaudeamus," recently translated by Christopher Bartholomew and released by Istros Books....
A Public Voice for Private Grief
A global survey of official inquiries into the phenomenon of sexual abuse....
The Queerness of It All: An Interview with Jeffrey Kripal
"Are you suggesting that Jesus was gay?" "That’s an anachronistic question. The safest thing to say is that he was anything but straight."...
The Final “Final Foucault”?
Joseph Tanke reviews “Confessions of the Flesh” by Michel Foucault, unearthing the famous thinker’s later ideas....
Speaking of Silence
Does Alain Corbin's "A History of Silence" help us, as the author hopes, relearn how to be silent?...
Zen and the Art of a Higher Education
What value does "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" have today?...
Exercises in Self-Destruction: On Paul Schrader’s “First Reformed”
"First Reformed" is a serious exercise in thinking through faith and despair, but at the same time it indulges unabashedly in oneiric pleasures....
Groping Towards Each Other in a Common Mist
In his new translation, David Bentley Hart presents the New Testament as a choir, rather than the work of a soloist....
