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

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

Harrison Hill in Conversation with Benjamin Hale

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

“Be the Change.” On the Misattributed Origins of a Popular Slogan

“Be the Change.” On the Misattributed Origins of a Popular Slogan

Benoit Denizet-Lewis Explores the Clash Between Progressive Activism and New Age Spirituality

By Benoit Denizet-Lewis | April 29, 2026

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

God Bless the Pill: Meet the Devout Catholic Who Invented Oral Contraception

Samira K. Mehta Explores the Christian Theological Justifications For Birth Control

By Samira K. Mehta | April 17, 2026

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

How Art Can Transport Us to the Past

Stephanie Sy-Quia on Writing About Her Grandparents

By Stephanie Sy-Quia | April 15, 2026

Matters of the Spirit: A Pastor, a Noblewoman and a Mysterious Bout of Melancholy

Matters of the Spirit: A Pastor, a Noblewoman and a Mysterious Bout of Melancholy

Christopher Clark on the Intersection of Mental Health and Christian Faith in 19th-Century Prussia

By Christopher Clark | March 10, 2026

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A mini reading list to understand what’s happening in Iran.

By Brittany Allen | March 6, 2026

How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America

By Matthew Avery Sutton | March 4, 2026

Growing Up Alawite in Assad’s Syria

By Loubna Mrie | March 4, 2026

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

By David J. Silverman | February 25, 2026

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Why I Wrote a Middle Grade Book About Religion

Huda Al-Marashi on Going to Catholic School and the Value of Having Conversations About Religion Early in Life

By Huda Al-Marashi | February 18, 2026

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

Not-so-happy 100th birthday to Ireland’s Committee of Evil Literature.

By Brittany Allen | February 17, 2026

Feminism and Palestinian Liberation Go Hand In Hand

Feminism and Palestinian Liberation Go Hand In Hand

As the popular Palestinian saying goes, “Our mere existence is resistance.”

By Nada Elia | February 11, 2026

This Week in Literary History: Voltaire Returns to Paris from Exile and 300 People Come to Visit

This Week in Literary History: Voltaire Returns to Paris from Exile and 300 People Come to Visit

A Legend Comes Home

By Literary Hub | February 9, 2026

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

Lily Meyer on Philip Roth, Anti-Zionism, and Her Relationship to American Judaism

“I take both my Jewishness and my Americanness as honors and responsibilities.”

By Lily Meyer | February 3, 2026

George Saunders on Creating His Own Version of the Afterlife

George Saunders on Creating His Own Version of the Afterlife

Jane Ciabattari Talks to the Author of Vigil

By Jane Ciabattari | January 27, 2026

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