Of Good Horses and Bad Science
Steve Jones's "The Serpent's Promise" is not just a “retelling” of the Bible, but a critique of religion and a clarion call for science to replace it in human affairs.
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
The Discreet Charm of Polytheism
Page duBois points out in her book A Million and One Gods: The Persistence of Polytheism that the West tends to forget that polytheism still exists.
The Beloved
David is the first person in history whose tale is complete and vital.
Solar Wisdom
"It is not very common that a work of philosophy that deals with beauty is itself beautifully written. David E. Cooper’s 'Sunlight on the Sea: Reflecting on Reflections' is one such work."
The Beautiful, Awful Game of Football
In Defense of Football
Varieties of Hatred
"Why did the Nazis kill the Jews? Nearly 70 years since the end of World War II, the causes and meaning of the Holocaust remain as high on historians’ agendas as ever."
Bonhoeffer Co-Opted
Contributor Joel Looper on Charles Marsh's "Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer"
The Arts, Paths, and Myths of Yoga
"'Yoga emerged in India as a means to transcend suffering,' begins Debra Diamond, the gifted Sackler curator of the exhibition and editor of this 300-plus page edition of exquisite reproductions."
“Pick a side, we’re at war!”
Wendy Doniger's "The Hindus: An Alternative History"
The Resurrection of God in Cinema
S. Brent Plate parses a collection of essays on the reemergence of religion in European cinema.
The Timely History of a Timeless Story
The Journalist and the Victim
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