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The Center Did Not Hold: On Seung Chul Kim’s “The Center Is Everywhere”
Leo D. Lefebure takes a critical look at Seung Chul Kim’s “The Center Is Everywhere.”
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
God’s Ongoing Story: On John Haught’s “God After Einstein”
Paul Allen evaluates John F. Haught’s “God After Einstein.”
Public Catastrophes, Private Retreats
Anthony Curtis Adler connects with Jack Miles and Mark C. Taylor’s “A Friendship in Twilight: Lockdown Conversations on Death and Life.”
All Dogs Go to Heaven: David Bentley Hart’s Canine Panpsychism
Ed Simon reviews “Roland in Moonlight,” the recently published book by David Bentley Hart.
The Ruins of Christendom
Brad East reviews "Fully Alive," the new book by Stanley Hauerwas on Karl Barth.
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.”
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.
On Exorcizing Demons
Ed Simon contemplates "The Penguin Book of Exorcisms," edited by Joseph P. Laycock.
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.
Religious Minority Status Upended: The Tale of a Hasidic Town
Kiryas Joel may not be rich, but don’t underestimate it.
The Arbiter of Authentic Christianity
Noah Berlatsky reviews Obery M. Hendricks Jr.’s “Christians Against Christianity.”
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.
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