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How to Find God (on YouTube)
A new book on “network Christianity” might include some clues to the rise of Donald Trump.
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
The Grasp of the Real
Stephen Greenblatt’s "The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve" tells a gripping story of storytelling, a tale spun by the fortunes of one of the greatest stories.
Keeping the Darwinian Faith
A review of Michael Ruse’s book on the religion of scientism.
The Dead Do Not Improve: “The Good Place”’s Divine Justice System
What might NBC's sitcom "The Good Place" tell us about early Christian theology and the era of mass incarceration?
From Conflict to Dialogue and All the Way Back. And Then Back Again.
Yves Gingras responds to Peter Harrison's review of his book "Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue," and Harrison offers a rebuttal.
The Hasidic Question
On "Hasidism: A New History," recently released by Princeton University Press.
So Much to Take In
On Jeffrey J. Kripal's "Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions."
From Conflict to Dialogue and All the Way Back
Peter Harrison considers Yves Gingras's "Science and Religion: An Impossible Dialogue."
Books of Revelation: Christianity and Miracles in the Life and Work of Denis Johnson
Brian Dille, who was Denis Johnson’s friend, gives his perspective on how Christianity and Alcoholics Anonymous informed the “Jesus’ Son” author’s work.
In Search of Strong Women
Priyanka Kumar considers Manal al-Sharif's "Daring to Drive" and Omar Saif Ghobash's "Letters to a Young Muslim."
The Sense of Life in What Humans Create: Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Scott Timberg interviews Stephen Greenblatt about his latest, “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve.”
Reza Aslan’s Human God
Randy Rosenthal considers Reza Aslan's "God: A Human History," his history of the religious impulse.
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