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We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing

We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing

“AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief.”

By Charlotte Donlon | October 5, 2026

Here’s what’s making us happy <em> this </em> week.

Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

By Brittany Allen | October 2, 2026

The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England

The Real Story of the So-Called “Witches” of England

Marion Gibson on the Deadly Moral Panic of 17th-Century Britain

By Marion Gibson | September 28, 2026

Meet Hyman Judah Schachtel, the Anti-Zionist Rabbi of Houston

Meet Hyman Judah Schachtel, the Anti-Zionist Rabbi of Houston

Benjamin Moser on the Political and Religious Debates Among American Jews As World War II Raged

By Benjamin Moser | September 22, 2026

Remembering the great Annie Dillard.

Remembering the great Annie Dillard.

By James Folta | September 16, 2026

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

From Louise Brangan's Cundill Prize-Shortlisted The Fallen: The Lost Girls of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and a Legacy of Silence

By Louise Brangan | September 4, 2026

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How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

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Thomas Asbridge Considers the Influence of Religious Tradition on Medical Practice in the Middle Ages

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Why Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in his response to the rise of AI.

Why Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in his response to the rise of AI.

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In Writing About Cults (and Religion) Telling is Better than Showing

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By Literary Hub | May 7, 2026

Kaveh Akbar on Fiction’s Role Towards Revolutionary Action

Kaveh Akbar on Fiction’s Role Towards Revolutionary Action

“People who look and pray like me love our children exactly the same way you love yours."

By Kaveh Akbar | May 4, 2026

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