A Critique of Post-Critical Zen: On Bret W. Davis’s “Zen Pathways”Avram Alpert asks for even more philosophical forks in reviewing Bret W. Davis’s book, “Zen Pathways.”...AVRAM ALPERTRELIGION
The Hijacked Christianity: A Conversation with Obery M. Hendricks Jr.Eric C. Miller interviews Obery M. Hendricks Jr. about his new book on the evangelical Right’s pernicious readings of the Bible....ERIC C. MILLERRELIGION
On Exorcizing DemonsEd Simon contemplates "The Penguin Book of Exorcisms," edited by Joseph P. Laycock....ED SIMONRELIGION
Old Testament, New Telling: On Roberto Calasso’s “The Book of All Books”Dan Turello remembers his Sunday school days, and considers Roberto Calasso’s “The Book of All Books,” his take on the Old Testament....DAN TURELLORELIGION
Religious Minority Status Upended: The Tale of a Hasidic TownKiryas Joel may not be rich, but don’t underestimate it....ZALMAN ROTHSCHILDRELIGION
The Arbiter of Authentic ChristianityNoah Berlatsky reviews Obery M. Hendricks Jr.’s “Christians Against Christianity.”...NOAH BERLATSKYRELIGION
Victims and Poseurs: On Rebecca L. Davis’s “Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics”This ambitious study of famous religious conversions is hobbled by its own preconceptions....ATAR HADARIRELIGION
God’s Body Up CloseFrancesca Stavrakopolou’s new book interprets biblical references to God’s body....JACK MILESRELIGION
Diplomacy Through a Culture of Encounter: On Victor Gaetan’s “God’s Diplomats”Victor Gaetan’s book documents the Catholic Church’s move away from the just war tradition to international diplomacy....MARYANN CUSIMANO LOVERELIGION
Through a Computer Screen Darkly: A Conversation with Meghan O’GieblynMeghan O’Gieblyn’s book examines the evolution of the individual in technological narratives....ED SIMONRELIGION
The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIAGreg Barnhisel reviews two new books about the history of the CIA....GREG BARNHISELRELIGIONPOLITICS
Dissolving Rigid FaithEmina Melonic reviews Mustafa Akyol's "Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance."...EMINA MELONICRELIGION
The Psychedelic Sacrament: A Conversation with Brian C. MurareskuDid the ancient Greeks and early Christians use psychedelics in their ceremonies?...AYIZE JAMA-EVERETTRELIGION
Combating Empire’s Blinkered History: The Landmark Repatriation of Tweed MS150How the landmark repatriation of an ancient Ethiopic codex challenges our methods of worship, the histories we tell, and the erasures of empire....PHILIP KURIANRELIGION
The Fallacies of “Progress”: On Leonard Greenspoon’s “Jewish Bible Translations”The “literal meaning” of a sacred text does not exist separate from rabbinic opinion....ATAR HADARIRELIGION
All the White ChurchesA convincing argument that the ghosts of slavery haunt the white evangelical church....JENNIFER C. MARTINRELIGION
How an Indian Religious Minority Shaped Modern IranNile Green reviews Afshin Marashi's "Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran."...NILE GREENRELIGION
The Night Watch on the Wall: On Randall Balmer’s “Solemn Reverence”Adam McDuffie reviews "Solemn Reverence: The Separation of Church and State in American Life" by Randall Balmer....ADAM MCDUFFIERELIGION
Adventures Among the OrthodoxTwo new books explore the richness and strangeness of life among Orthodox Jews....TOM TEICHOLZRELIGION
God Is Genderqueer: A Conversation with H. L. HixA poet discusses his new translation of the gospels into vernacular American speech....IAN ROSS SINGLETONRELIGION
How Faith HappensSarah Iles Johnston considers "How God Becomes Real," the recently published book by T. M. Luhrmann....SARAH ILES JOHNSTONRELIGION
“No Worst, There Is None”: On Gerard Manley HopkinsVona Groarke finds little comfort and much inspiration in one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Terrible Sonnets.”...VONA GROARKERELIGIONLITERARY CRITICISMPOETRY
French Secularism, ReinventedWhat can France’s history with Catholicism tell us about today’s culture wars over Islam?...RACHEL JOHNSTON-WHITE, JOSEPH PETERSONAROUND THE WORLDRELIGIONPOLITICSHISTORY
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