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Reading Voltaire in Damascus?
Nile Green is enlightened by “Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution: The Egyptian and Syrian Debates” by Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab.
Religion
"You always admire what you really don't understand."
— Blaise Pascal
Goodness Is a Triumph: On Ed Simon’s “Furnace of this World; Or, 36 Observations about Goodness”
Nick Ripatrazone enters "Furnace of this World; Or, 36 Observations about Goodness," a recently published book by Ed Simon.
We Need to Resacralize the World
Michael S. Roth considers "Religion as We Know It" by Jack Miles and "The Lost Art of Scripture" by Karen Armstrong.
Condemned to Salvation: Considering Universalism with David Bentley Hart
On "That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation" by David Bentley Hart.
Abandoning Your Religion
Tucker Coombe reviews "Leaving the Witness" and "Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church."
An Explosive Issue: On Atalia Omer’s “Days of Awe”
Atalia Omer's "Days of Awe' offers a deeply personal and well-informed ethnographic study.
A Nod to Nostalgia: A Conversation Between Josh Kun and Sarah Abrevaya Stein
Josh Kun and Sarah Abrevaya Stein discuss the ties that bind.
The Other Buddha: On “Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra”
Nilanjan Bhowmick reviews “Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sūtra,” a new book from Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Jacqueline Stone.
The Word as Image: On “How to Read Islamic Calligraphy”
Emily Neumeier reviews "How to Read Islamic Calligraphy," a recent book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and curator Maryam D. Ekhtiar.
Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and American Jews
Peter Dreier surveys the long history of the black-Jewish alliance for civil rights.
Why Religion?: An Exchange
David E. Cooper reviews Rupert Shortt's "Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?," and Shortt responds.
Hindutva and the Academy: A Conversation with Divya Dwivedi
Krithika Varagur talks to Divya Dwivedi about the roots of Hindu nationalism, and whether a heterodox India can survive it.
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