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Adventures Among the Orthodox
Two new books explore the richness and strangeness of life among Orthodox Jews.
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
God Is Genderqueer: A Conversation with H. L. Hix
A poet discusses his new translation of the gospels into vernacular American speech.
How Faith Happens
Sarah Iles Johnston considers "How God Becomes Real," the recently published book by T. M. Luhrmann.
“No Worst, There Is None”: On Gerard Manley Hopkins
Vona Groarke finds little comfort and much inspiration in one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Terrible Sonnets.”
French Secularism, Reinvented
What can France’s history with Catholicism tell us about today’s culture wars over Islam?
Manifestations of Higher Meaning: On Dana Gioia’s “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop”
Peggy Ellsberg praises the clarity, reverence, and affection of “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop” by Dana Gioia.
Pointing Out the Elephant: On Sean Griffin’s “The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus”
Simon Franklin praises “The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus” by Sean Griffin.
Stonewalling Philosophy: Envisioning Silence in an Age of Noise
On Mark C. Taylor’s “Seeing Silence,” recently released by University of Chicago Press.
Beheaded
As a young woman, I fell in love with a man who owned a machete. He terrorized me for over a year. I have no doubt he would have killed me if I had stayed.
The Puritans Are Alright
Do Puritans get a bad rap? Ed Simon reviews Michael P. Winship's "Hot Protestants."
A Certain Boldness
Travis LaCouter considers "The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience," the new book by Simeon Zahl.
The Most Influential Magazine in Muslim History?
Nile Green reviews "Modern Things on Trial: Islam’s Global and Material Reformation in the Age of Rida, 1865–1935" by Leor Halevi.
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