Religion

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....
Simon FranklinFeb 6, 2021
Stonewalling Philosophy: Envisioning Silence in an Age of Noise
On Mark C. Taylor’s “Seeing Silence,” recently released by University of Chicago Press....
Anthony Curtis AdlerJan 31, 2021
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....
Leanne PhillipsJan 6, 2021
The Puritans Are Alright
Do Puritans get a bad rap? Ed Simon reviews Michael P. Winship's "Hot Protestants."...
Ed SimonDec 16, 2020
- History
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A Certain Boldness
Travis LaCouter considers "The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience," the new book by Simeon Zahl....
Travis LaCouterDec 13, 2020
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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....
Nile GreenDec 8, 2020
The Undying Half-Life of Yiddish
Two books explore the indelible imprint of Yiddish on modern politics and popular culture....
Marc CaplanNov 23, 2020
Moving on Up — and Out: On L. Benjamin Rolsky’s “The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left”
John Compton reviews L. Benjamin Rolsky's recently published book, "The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left."...
John ComptonNov 22, 2020
The Jesus of History and the Gods of Natural Theology
Brad East considers "History and Eschatology: Jesus and the Promise of Natural Theology," the recently published book by N. T. Wright....
Brad EastNov 19, 2020
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Writing Girlhood Large
Teresa Carmody’s new novel explores faith, queerness, and the complexities of Christian girlhood....
Vidhu AggarwalNov 13, 2020
- Fiction
- Religion
Exercising Religion and Taming Faction
Lael Weinberger reviews "Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience: The Radical Significance of the Free Exercise of Religion" by Jack N. Rakove....
Lael WeinbergerOct 18, 2020
Nobody Cares: The Trap of Empathizing with the Religious Right
Peter Capretto considers "The End of Empathy" by John W. Compton....
Peter CaprettoSep 12, 2020
My Identity: Stealing What’s Mine
We bury the bubbling tide of rage that we know we’re entitled to feel, because we, unlike so many others, are at risk whenever we express that rage....
Caleb GayleSep 7, 2020
The Trouble with Re-Enchantment
Jason Crawford examines a new wave of literature on re-enchantment....
Jason CrawfordSep 7, 2020
- History
- Religion
The One and Only: Andrew Louth on a New History of the Orthodox Church
Andrew Louth reviews John Anthony McGuckin's recently published book, "The Eastern Orthodox Church: A New History."...
Andrew LouthSep 6, 2020
God’s Little Rival: On Rémi Brague’s “The Kingdom of Man”
Aurelian Craiutu visits “The Kingdom of Man,” the recently published book by Rémi Brague and translated by Paul Seaton....
Aurelian CraiutuSep 4, 2020
Enchanting Disenchantment
Peter Harrison reviews "Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt," a recently published book by Alec Ryrie....
Peter HarrisonSep 2, 2020
- History
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The Cross and the Swastika
Who is our society’s most potent moral figure? Once it was Jesus Christ. Now it is Adolf Hitler. That shift has big consequences....
Alec RyrieSep 2, 2020
- Politics and Economics
- Religion
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
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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