Religion

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

— Blaise Pascal

This Faith
Brandon M. Terry considers Martin Hägglund's "This Life" and its relation to the political philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Brandon M. TerryJul 15, 2020
What Was Christendom?
Ed Simon explores "Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World," the recently published book from Tom Holland.
Ed SimonJul 13, 2020
- Religion
Connected
In its dark way, the pandemic affirms Darwin’s point about the elemental connectivity of life, for good and ill.
Karl KusserowJul 8, 2020
- Religion
- Science & Technology
In Praise of Solitude
Irina Dumitrescu studies "The Art of Solitude," the recently published book by Stephen Batchelor.
Irina DumitrescuJun 28, 2020
- Religion
There Is No Other Place: J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus Trilogy
Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee’s Jesus trilogy is a stark allegory of dystopian modernity.
Marie Luise KnottJun 22, 2020
Concrete Metaphysics and the Visual Image
Christoph Schneider reviews Clemena Antonova's "Visual Thought in Russian Religious Philosophy."
Christoph SchneiderJun 13, 2020
The Stations of Life: On “We Are Pilgrims: Journeys in Search of Ourselves”
A book on global pilgrimages is tone-deaf about theology but still wide-ranging and useful.
Tanjil RashidJun 7, 2020
Thou Shalt Show: On Robert Alter’s Translation of the Hebrew Bible
Tal Goldfajn pores over “The Hebrew Bible: A Translation with Commentary” by Robert Alter.
Tal GoldfajnJun 2, 2020
- Around the World
- Religion
Burying Nobodaddy: What Is “God” Even Supposed to Mean?
Ed Simon looks at Philip C. Almond’s “God: A New Biography.”
Ed SimonMay 31, 2020
- Religion
Reckoning with the Shadow Side of Life: A Conversation with Lynn Casteel Harper
Lynn Casteel Harper reimagines the end of life.
Belle BoggsMay 16, 2020
The Things We Love
A gallery of portraits of a Sephardic Jewish family in the 20th century.
Esmé Shapiro, Sarah Abrevaya SteinMay 9, 2020
The Father, the Son, and the Terrible Husband: On Amanda Michalopoulou’s “God’s Wife”
If God were one of us, just as bad of a husband as most of us.
Mary RaffanApr 2, 2020

Religion

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

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

— Blaise Pascal