• Religion

    horror films

    Wonder or Horror? On the Dark Side of Our Reverence for Nature

    By Tyler Malone  October 30, 2020
    Witches

    A Witch’s Rules of Matrimony

    By Lucile Scott  October 30, 2020
    2020 Election

    Noam Chomsky on the President, the Pandemic, and the Upcoming Election

    By David Barsamian  October 27, 2020
    Discovering Old Manuscripts

    How a Rare and Ancient Manuscript Moved Me to Write a Novel

    By Natalka Burian  October 19, 2020
    Refugees

    Scenes from a Yazidi Refugee Camp, Circa 2016

    By Christina Lamb  October 9, 2020
    Antiquities

    How a Scrap of Papyrus Launched a Reconsideration of Early Christianity

    By Ariel Sabar  October 6, 2020
    Censorship

    Navigating Literary Censorship—and Worse—in Iran

    By Amir Ahmadi Arian  September 28, 2020
    Myth

    Why Did Renaissance Europeans See Merpeople Everywhere?

    By Vaughn Scribner  September 28, 2020
    Mythology

    Fornicating and Fighting: A Brief History of the Ancient Cult of Aphrodite

    By Bettany Hughes  September 24, 2020
    WMFA

    Linda Kay Klein on Being a Steward of Others’ Stories

    By WMFA   September 23, 2020
    Prizes

    WATCH: The Shortlist Announcement for the 2020 Cundill History Prize

    By Literary Hub  September 22, 2020
    Nazi Germany

    Indifference and Cruelty: What Made Nazi Germany Possible

    By Géraldine Schwarz  September 21, 2020
    Mindfulness

    Sharon Salzberg on the Books That Brought Her Closer to Mindfulness

    By Sharon Salzberg  September 14, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Bible Is Far More Interesting to Read as a Literary Text Than a Literal One

    By New Books Network  September 4, 2020
    The Maris Review

    Tara Isabella Burton: We’re Not As Secular As We Think

    By The Maris Review  August 27, 2020
    New Books Network

    The Strange and Remarkable Life of Robert Eisler

    By New Books Network  August 24, 2020
    Religious Nationalism

    How Far Has America’s Christianized Dystopia Strayed From Christ?

    By Lori Lansens  August 18, 2020
    Politics

    On Rethinking the Relationship Between Religion and Politics in 21st-Century America

    By New Books Network  August 14, 2020
    Self-Care

    The Trap of Pursuing Well-Being… And the Billion-Dollar Industry Behind It

    By Gelong Thubten  August 10, 2020
    Endtimes

    Whoever Said Nuclear Armageddon Was Easy?

    By Bradley Garrett  August 7, 2020
    Religion

    Encounters with the Black Madonna of Lake Ohrid

    By Kapka Kassabova  August 5, 2020
    Religion

    The Forged Letter that Began a Mormon Succession Crisis

    By Miles Harvey  July 15, 2020
    Religion

    Is There a Better Way for the Left to Talk About American Christianity?

    By Marie Mutsuki Mockett  June 24, 2020
    Socialism

    Are Christian Churches the Next Bastion of American Socialism?

    By Jack Jenkins  April 22, 2020
    Indigenous Peoples

    Where They Sing to the River: Sierra Nevada, the Heart
    of the World

    By Wade Davis  April 15, 2020
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