• Religion

    Cults

    Leah Sottile on Amy Carlson, aka Mother God, and the Creation of a New Age Cult

    The Author of “Blazing Eye Sees All” Shares a Cautionary Tale of Online Indoctrination

     
    By Leah Sottile  March 26, 2025
    The Occult

    A Revolt Against Rationality: On the Utopian Dreams of Early 20th-Century Occultists

    By Raphael Cormack  March 14, 2025
    Irish History

    From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

    By Ali Watkins  March 11, 2025
    Soccer

    Liverpool Never Forgets: On the Legacy of the Hillsborough Disaster

    By Oliver Smith  March 10, 2025
    Spirituality

    Bare Before the Sublime:
    A Short History of Nudity As Spiritual Practice

    By Philip Carr-Gomm  March 4, 2025
    Nonfiction

    From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

    By Literary Hub  February 28, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Video Games

    Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

    By Rachel Wagner  February 26, 2025
    The South

    Secrets of the Deep South: In Search of Hidden Family and Collective History in Georgia

    By David Levering Lewis  February 12, 2025
    Gaza

    Mohammed El-Kurd on the Complexities of Victimhood, Resilience, and Portraying Palestinian Genocide

    By Hanna Phifer  February 11, 2025
    Israel

    The Former Head of Human Rights Watch on the Challenges of Reporting on the Abuses of Israel’s Government

    Kenneth Roth on Penalizing Journalists for Addressing Palestinian Persecution

    By Kenneth Roth  March 17, 2025
    Palestinian Literature

    Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

    By Betty Samieh  January 22, 2025
    Spirituality

    Pico Iyer on What We Can Learn From the Monastic Life

    By Pico Iyer  January 21, 2025
    literary criticism

    The Danger of Lowering Your Heart’s Volume: On the Writing of Ross Gay and Amy Leach

    By Jane Zwart  January 15, 2025
    The Hub

    What to read next based on your favorite film of the year (redux).

    By Brittany Allen  January 8, 2025
    Travel

    Say hello to your new favorite holiday—Plough Monday!

    By Brittany Allen  January 6, 2025
    Fascism

    How Walter Benjamin’s Iconic Antifascist Essay Escaped Europe

    By Ed Simon  December 13, 2024
    Underreported

    Texas public school students could soon be tested on the Bible.

    By Brittany Allen  November 20, 2024
    Religion

    Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

    The Author of “Yoke and Feather” Explores Biblical Stories, Desire, and a Painting by Velázquez

    By Jessie Van Eerden  November 20, 2024
    Ethics

    Deadly Sins and Heavenly Virtues: On the Timeless Duality of Being Human

    By Ed Simon  November 15, 2024
    Sports

    Nazem Kadri on Becoming a Brown Muslim Hockey Star in a Very White Sport

    By Nazem Kadri  October 28, 2024
    Mythology

    Translating the Ancient Language of The Vetala Tales

    By Douglas J. Penick  October 7, 2024
    Palestine

    On the Dangerous Weaponization of Antisemitism Against Pro-Palestine Protests

    Enzo Traverso on Irresponsible Journalism and the Suppression of Student Protests

    By Enzo Traverso  October 4, 2024
    Antiquities

    How Evangelical Christians Seek to Influence American Politics Through… Bible Museums?

    By Roberta Mazza  September 27, 2024
    Book Bans

    Censorship Through Centuries: On the Long Fight for Queer Liberation

    By Rebecca L. Davis  September 9, 2024
    On Grief

    Matter, That Curious and Complex Illusion: Grieving for the Dead in a Universe of Atoms

    By Guido Tonelli  January 23, 2025
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