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The Opiate of the Masses? Not So Fast.
In "Why We Need Religion," Stephen T. Asma argues that religion answers to a deep emotional need and therefore plays an irreplaceable role in societies.
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
The Motion of the Pestle
Liesl Schwabe reviews Gendun Chopel's "The Passion Book: A Tibetan Guide to Love & Sex."
Left in Polytheism
Can the Hindu left be revived?
Christianity and Resistance: An Interview with Alan Jacobs
A discussion of what it means to be a Christian in the age of Trump.
Vodou as Idea: On Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors”
Exploring the line between faith and fantasy, “voodoo” and Vodou, in Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley’s “Ezili’s Mirrors: Imagining Queer Black Genders.”
Mystics and Interlopers
"How effective are Islamic states at satisfying the religious needs of their citizens?" Nile Green on "The Iranian Metaphysicals."
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.
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