Religion

"You always admire what you really don't understand."

— Blaise Pascal

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  Buying God: A Conversation with Juan Pablo Meneses

  Bernardita García interviews Juan Pablo Meneses about his “cash journalism” trilogy.

  Bernardita García JiménezNov 29, 2017

  • Cultural Studies

  • Religion

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  Will It Ever Be Sunday?

  Guy Bennett-Hunter on George Steiner and Laure Adler's "A Long Saturday: Conversations."

  Guy Bennett-HunterNov 19, 2017

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Religion

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  Redefining Jewish Authenticity: An Interview with Eli Valley

  Nathan Goldman speaks with Eli Valley about Trump, Kafka, the John Podhoretzes of the world, and "Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel."

  Nathan GoldmanNov 11, 2017

  • Comics

  • Politics

  • Religion

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  The Bloody History of Bible Translators

  The poet Willis Barnstone on the dangers of translating the Bible.

  Willis BarnstoneNov 11, 2017

  • History

  • Religion

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  Through a Verse Darkly: On Kevin Hart’s “Poetry and Revelation”

  One surefire way to ruin a poem is to let a philosopher interpret it. Happily, however, Kevin Hart the philosopher-poet is an exception.

  Christopher WatkinNov 8, 2017

  • Literary Criticism

  • Poetry

  • Religion

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  A Roadmap to Qur’ans in English

  Jack Miles, editor of "The Norton Anthology of World Religions," surveys the numerous English translations of the Qur'an.

  Jack MilesOct 23, 2017

  • Religion

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  The Experience of Mindfulness

  Susan Kaiser Greenland reviews Thomas Joiner’s new book on the mindfulness movement.

  Susan Kaiser GreenlandOct 13, 2017

  • Religion

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  After Strange Gods: Modernist Blasphemy Revisited

  A new study of blasphemy in modernist literature.

  Imogen WoodberryOct 5, 2017

  • Literary Criticism

  • Religion

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  Religious Liberty in a Fractured Republic

  Is our public life gripped by misbegotten nostalgias that keep us from engaging new political and social realities?

  Matthew D. WrightSep 30, 2017

  • Education

  • Politics

  • Religion

• Thomas M. Disch Versus the Catholic Church: “The Cardinal Detoxes”

  Kevin Power on the late Thomas M. Disch's one-act play.

  Kevin PowerSep 27, 2017

  • Religion

  • SF

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  Public Theology in Retreat

  "Where is the Reinhold Niebuhr for today?" Brad East reviews three new books from theologian David Bentley Hart.

  Brad EastSep 20, 2017

  • Religion

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  Hillbilly Jesus, Take Me Home: Gary Panter’s “Songy of Paradise”

  Daniel Worden reviews Gary Panter's latest.

  Daniel WordenSep 16, 2017

  • Comics

  • Religion