How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America

How the Nation of Islam Sent Shockwaves Across 1950s America

And Won the Support of Nasser’s Egypt

By Shahan Mufti | November 23, 2022

Moral Panics Never Go Out of Style: On the Corrosive Effects of the Culture Wars

Moral Panics Never Go Out of Style: On the Corrosive Effects of the Culture Wars

Arlene Stein Considers the Racism and Homophobia at the Heart of Conservative Activism

By Arlene Stein | November 16, 2022

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

“Elves Live Here.” On Modern Icelandic Elflore and the Shades of Belief

Nancy Marie Brown Considers the Stories Surrounding the Country’s “Hidden Folk”

By Nancy Marie Brown | October 24, 2022

The Naturalist’s Gaze: What Charles Darwin Saw in Tahiti

The Naturalist’s Gaze: What Charles Darwin Saw in Tahiti

Diana Preston on the Intersection of Science, Religion, and Imperial Power in the South Pacific

By Diana Preston | October 13, 2022

The Other World, and This One: On Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Victoria Chang and Yusef Komunyakaa

The Other World, and This One: On Transcendence and Immanence in the Work of Victoria Chang and Yusef Komunyakaa

Philip Metres Considers the Borders Between the Earthly and the Divine

By Philip Metres | October 13, 2022

Forty-Nine Days of Mourning: On Culture and Ritual at My Father’s Funeral

Forty-Nine Days of Mourning: On Culture and Ritual at My Father’s Funeral

E.M. Tran Considers Disappearance and Preservation in Grief and Writing

By E.M. Tran | October 12, 2022

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg on Making Amends to Someone Who Can’t Hear Your Apology

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Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan on What Drives Religious Searching

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What Rituals Across Cultures Reveal About the Human Condition

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Dimitris Xygalatas on the Healing Properties of Risky Behavior

By Dimitris Xygalatas | September 14, 2022

How to Find God in a World Full of Disappointment and Disenchantment

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Mansi Choksi On (Re)Arranged Marriages in Modern India

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Abnormal Members: On the Supreme Court’s Dark, Theocratic Turn

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Andrew Keen Considers the Motivations of Samuel Alito

By Andrew Keen | September 2, 2022

What a Search for Hidden Queer History in Rural Louisiana Reveals About the Deep South

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Casey Parks on the Enduring Mysteries of the Past and the Present

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When Your Books Finds an Audience You Didn’t Expect

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Courtney E. Martin on Writing About School Integration—and Being Embraced by Religious Communities

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