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Where Have All the Sin-Eaters Gone? (We Could Use Some Right Now)

Where Have All the Sin-Eaters Gone? (We Could Use Some Right Now)

Thomas Lynch on Breaking Bread with the Dead, and Old Catholic Traditions

By Thomas Lynch | November 27, 2019

How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America

How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America

"Proper and upright did not mean passive and docile."

By J.D. Dickey | November 22, 2019

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame

On Her Final novel, Daniel Deronda

By Norman Lebrecht | November 22, 2019

A Festival of Destruction in One of the Oldest Cities in the World

A Festival of Destruction in One of the Oldest Cities in the World

Michael Cunningham Travels to the Southern Italian City of Matera

By Michael Cunningham | November 21, 2019

Inside the Republican Party's Last-Ditch Scramble to Save Their House Majority

Inside the Republican Party's Last-Ditch Scramble to Save Their House Majority

Anne Nelson Looks Behind the Curtain of the 2018 Midterm Elections

By Anne Nelson | November 7, 2019

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

The Astro Poets: A Field Guide to Scorpios

Behold the Zodiac Sign That Thrives Outside the Limelight

By Alex Dimitrov and Dorothea Lasky | October 29, 2019

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How a Saint Gets Made

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On Gandhi and Nonviolence as a Spiritual Virtue

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Building a Symbolic Wall of Oppression in the Middle of London

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On Victor Hugo's Posthumous Career as a Religious Prophet

On Victor Hugo's Posthumous Career as a Religious Prophet

How The Author of Les Misérables Became a Fixture of Cao Dai

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Lyz Lenz: Finding a Creation Myth of One’s Own

Lyz Lenz: Finding a Creation Myth of One’s Own

The Author of Godland Hits the Road in Search of a Little Darkness

By Lyz Lenz | August 14, 2019

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Roy Jacobsen on the Backbone of Nordic Literature: the Sagas of Iceland

Some of Europe's Most Enduring, Complex Literary Works

By Roy Jacobsen | August 14, 2019

On the Pitfalls and Power of <br>the Religious Essay

On the Pitfalls and Power of
the Religious Essay

Sonja Livingston: "Go to where the silence is."

By Sonja Livingston | August 5, 2019

What Happens When Satanists Try to Build a Public Monument?

What Happens When Satanists Try to Build a Public Monument?

For Some Residents in Belle Plaine, MN,
Religious Freedom Has Its Limits

By Jay Wexler | July 30, 2019

How Extreme Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Entered American Life

How Extreme Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Entered American Life

Zahra Noorbakhsh and Asma Uddin: What "Religious Freedom" Means for U.S. Muslims

By Zahra Noorbakhsh | July 15, 2019

Olivet Nazarene University fires new teacher for including curse words and a lesbian in his novel

Olivet Nazarene University fires new teacher for including curse words and a lesbian in his novel

By Corinne Segal | July 11, 2019

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