Religion

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

— Blaise Pascal

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  God’s Body Up Close

  Francesca Stavrakopolou’s new book interprets biblical references to God’s body.

  Jack MilesJan 12, 2022

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  Diplomacy Through a Culture of Encounter: On Victor Gaetan’s “God’s Diplomats”

  Victor Gaetan’s book documents the Catholic Church’s move away from the just war tradition to international diplomacy.

  Maryann Cusimano LoveDec 19, 2021

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  Through a Computer Screen Darkly: A Conversation with Meghan O’Gieblyn

  Meghan O’Gieblyn’s book examines the evolution of the individual in technological narratives.

  Ed SimonDec 13, 2021

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  The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIA

  Greg Barnhisel reviews two new books about the history of the CIA.

  Greg BarnhiselNov 13, 2021

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  Dissolving Rigid Faith

  Emina Melonic reviews Mustafa Akyol's "Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance."

  Emina MelonicNov 6, 2021

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  The Comedy Divine

  Reimaging Dante’s great poem 700 years after the poet’s death.

  Brad EvansSep 14, 2021

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  The Psychedelic Sacrament: A Conversation with Brian C. Muraresku

  Did the ancient Greeks and early Christians use psychedelics in their ceremonies?

  Ayize Jama-EverettSep 4, 2021

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  Combating Empire’s Blinkered History: The Landmark Repatriation of Tweed MS150

  How the landmark repatriation of an ancient Ethiopic codex challenges our methods of worship, the histories we tell, and the erasures of empire.

  Philip KurianAug 22, 2021

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  The Fallacies of “Progress”: On Leonard Greenspoon’s “Jewish Bible Translations”

  The “literal meaning” of a sacred text does not exist separate from rabbinic opinion.

  Atar HadariJul 25, 2021

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  All the White Churches

  A convincing argument that the ghosts of slavery haunt the white evangelical church.

  Jennifer C. MartinJul 18, 2021

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  How an Indian Religious Minority Shaped Modern Iran

  Nile Green reviews Afshin Marashi's "Exile and the Nation: The Parsi Community of India and the Making of Modern Iran."

  Nile GreenJun 13, 2021

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  The Night Watch on the Wall: On Randall Balmer’s “Solemn Reverence”

  Adam McDuffie reviews "Solemn Reverence: The Separation of Church and State in American Life" by Randall Balmer.

  Adam McDuffieMay 30, 2021

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