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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

The Earth and the Flesh: On Channeling the Serenity of the <em>Tao</em> to Endure a Tibetan Expedition

The Earth and the Flesh: On Channeling the Serenity of the Tao to Endure a Tibetan Expedition

Sylvain Tesson Journeys Across the Changtang Plateau

By Sylvain Tesson | July 16, 2021

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

How Colonization and Christianity Challenged Indigenous Maya Spirituality—and Failed

Emil’ Keme on the Popol Wuj, K’iche’ Authors, and Poetry as Resistance

By Emil’ Keme | July 12, 2021

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

What Makes Jewish Literature “Jewish”?

Ilan Stavans on Belonging, Bookishness, and Memory

By Ilan Stavans | July 9, 2021

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

How Writing a Novel About the Evangelical Church Helped Me Grieve the Loss of My Religion

Kelsey McKinney on the Complex Feelings of Leaving the Faith

By Kelsey McKinney | June 23, 2021

The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

The Consequences of Speaking Out Against Religious Illiberalism in Malaysia

Mustafa Akyol Considers the Theological Roadblocks to the Islamic Enlightenment

By Mustafa Akyol | June 22, 2021

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My Years of Living Dangerously: On Late-Stage Catholicism, Lying, and Communion

By Danielle Henderson | June 18, 2021

How Ancient Mythologies Still Culminate in Anti-Islam Policies

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Paula Stone Williams on the Evangelical Attack on Transgender Rights

By Keen On | June 8, 2021

Peter Osnos on Becoming a War Correspondent in Vietnam

Peter Osnos on Becoming a War Correspondent in Vietnam

In Conversation with Mitchell Kaplan on The Literary Life Podcast

By The Literary Life | June 4, 2021

How <em>Mean Girls</em> Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

How Mean Girls Taught Me to Fear Lesbians and Love Pink

Grace Perry on Her High School Years, Catholicism, and the 2004 Teen Classic

By Grace Perry | June 2, 2021

When Will the Church Have Its Racial Reckoning?

When Will the Church Have Its Racial Reckoning?

Monica West Demands Justice and Recognition in Today’s Christianity

By Monica West | May 28, 2021

Imagining Heaven: On the Idea of Religious Quest and Prayer

Imagining Heaven: On the Idea of Religious Quest and Prayer

Catherine Wolff on the Ways We Seek Out the Divine

By Catherine Wolff | May 28, 2021

What Does Untouchable Mean During India’s Covid Crisis?

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Saikat Majumdar Considers Echoes of Class and Caste in the Middle of a Pandemic

By Saikat Majumdar | May 21, 2021

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

On the Ones We Leave Behind: God and Ghosts at the Wisconsin State Fair

“Why can’t I go a week without wondering what she might have made of the person I’ve become?”

By Barrett Swanson | May 18, 2021

Protecting the “Holy City” <br>of Williamsburg

Protecting the “Holy City”
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