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How an iconic Canadian rock band lured angry teens to the dark arts of Ayn Rand.

How an iconic Canadian rock band lured angry teens to the dark arts of Ayn Rand.

By Jonny Diamond | October 6, 2021

Janine di Giovanni on the End of Christianity in Its Historical Homeland

Janine di Giovanni on the End of Christianity in Its Historical Homeland

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | October 4, 2021

On the Push and Pull of Muslim Cultural Identity

On the Push and Pull of Muslim Cultural Identity

Omar Mouallem: “Islam has a place within me. But do I have a place within it?”

By Omar Mouallem | September 30, 2021

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting <em>The Merchant of Venice</em> with My 10-Year-Old Son

Commuting with Shylock: (Reluctantly) Revisiting The Merchant of Venice with My 10-Year-Old Son

Dara Horn on Hearing Shakespeare's Antisemitism with Fresh Ears

By Dara Horn | September 8, 2021

To Be Pure: On Doubt, the Rules of Jewish Identity, and Questions of Familial Inheritance

To Be Pure: On Doubt, the Rules of Jewish Identity, and Questions of Familial Inheritance

Deborah Feldman Recounts Lessons Learned from Her Grandmother and Her Early Crisis of Faith

By Deborah Feldman | September 2, 2021

Ariel Sabar Debunks the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

Ariel Sabar Debunks the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife

This Week on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | September 2, 2021

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Theory of Everything, Theory of Nothing: On Physics and Other Profanities

By Joshua Roebke | September 1, 2021

Divine Intervention: 6 Books About Women Leaving Strict Religious Communities and Finding Themselves

By Jaye Viner | August 26, 2021

We All Know Columbus Didn’t Discover America—So How Did He Become a Symbol of Its Founding?

By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | August 25, 2021

I Bark, Therefore I Am: Of Consciousness and Robot Dogs

I Bark, Therefore I Am: Of Consciousness and Robot Dogs

Meghan O’Gieblyn Considers Issues of Mind, Matter, and Soul

By Meghan O'Gieblyn | August 24, 2021

JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

JRR Tolkien Invented the Term “Eucatastrophe.” What Does It Mean?

Jonathan Walker on the Consequences of Christian Narrative

By Jonathan Walker | August 24, 2021

Can a Commitment to Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression’s Debilitating Hold?

Can a Commitment to Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression’s Debilitating Hold?

Lisa Miller on Uncovering the Surprising Data That Reveals the Preventive Role of the “Awakened Brain”

By Lisa Miller | August 19, 2021

Toward a Binational Alternative in Israel: On the Illusion of the Two State Solution

Toward a Binational Alternative in Israel: On the Illusion of the Two State Solution

Omri Boehm on the Re-Imaginings Necessary for Transformation

By Omri Boehm | August 19, 2021

How to Read Any Book as a Sacred Text

How to Read Any Book as a Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan Guests on the Book Dreams Podcast

By Book Dreams | August 19, 2021

The White Christian Nationalism Behind the Worst Terrorist Attack in American History

The White Christian Nationalism Behind the Worst Terrorist Attack in American History

Spencer Ackerman on the Oklahoma City Bombing and the Media’s Islamophobic Response

By Spencer Ackerman | August 10, 2021

Finding the Fault Lines Beneath Auroville’s Utopian Dreams

Finding the Fault Lines Beneath Auroville’s Utopian Dreams

Akash Kapur on the Dangers of Searching for Something That Isn’t There

By Akash Kapur | July 26, 2021

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