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Why Was Shakespeare Wary of <br>Writing About Religion?

Why Was Shakespeare Wary of
Writing About Religion?

He Would've Made a Terrible Puritan...

By Jonathan Bate | April 30, 2019

The Wild Visionary at the Heart<br> of Early Christianity

The Wild Visionary at the Heart
of Early Christianity

Jay Parini on Paul, the Unlikely Founder of the Christian Church

By Jay Parini | April 19, 2019

A Cult Can Be You and Your Weird Charismatic Friend

A Cult Can Be You and Your Weird Charismatic Friend

How Cult Logic Appears in Businesses, Families, Political Movements, Friendships

By Molly Dektar | April 17, 2019

Why Are So Many Fictional Teens <br>Entering Cults?

Why Are So Many Fictional Teens
Entering Cults?

Katherine Cusumano on Their (Our?) Search for Answers

By Katherine Cusumano | April 15, 2019

My Jewish Grandfather, Handpicked by Hitler to Curate the Museum of Extinct Races?

My Jewish Grandfather, Handpicked by Hitler to Curate the Museum of Extinct Races?

Bram Presser on Unraveling the Unlikeliest of Family Histories

By Bram Presser | April 11, 2019

Finding a Spiritual Home in the Weirdness of My Polish Heritage

Finding a Spiritual Home in the Weirdness of My Polish Heritage

Michelle Tea on Satisfying the Need for Witchy Devotions

By Michelle Tea | April 9, 2019

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Group Sex Therapy at the Local Synagogue?

By Nadia Bolz-Weber | March 22, 2019

Who Needs Astrology?

By Tabitha Prado-Richardson | March 6, 2019

The Forgotten Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii

By Duncan Ryūken Williams | February 25, 2019

In the Face of Cancer, My One-Sided Deal With God

In the Face of Cancer, My One-Sided Deal With God

Julie Yip-Williams on Illness, Faith and Family

By Julie Yip-Williams | February 4, 2019

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

In Aristotle's Ideal Democracy, a Good Citizen Was a Good Friend

On the Virtues of "Civic Friendship"

By Edith Hall | January 23, 2019

Morris Collins on the Temptations of Certainty and the Lives of the Ex-Pats

Morris Collins on the Temptations of Certainty and the Lives of the Ex-Pats

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | January 4, 2019

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

What the Stoic Philosophers Knew About Being Free

The Best Path to Freedom? First, Take a Breather.

By A.A. Long | November 16, 2018

What It's Like to Be Rejected by Your Religious Family

What It's Like to Be Rejected by Your Religious Family

Jessica Wilbanks On the Pain of "Falling from the Nest"

By Jessica Wilbanks | November 16, 2018

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

So Many Rules to Break: On the Struggles of a Modern Muslim

Lur Alghurabi Discovers the Unlikeliest Places of Worship

By Lur Alghurabi | September 11, 2018

Is Atheism the Last Unforgivable Sin of American Politics?

Is Atheism the Last Unforgivable Sin of American Politics?

God Isn't Dead, At Least Not in the U.S. of A.

By Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore | August 16, 2018

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