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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

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

How Fiction Fuses the Incompatible Realities of Religion and Comedy

Randy Boyagoda on Religious-Political Satire

By Randy Boyagoda | July 9, 2019

Massoud Hayoun on What It Means to Identify as Both Jewish and Arab

Massoud Hayoun on What It Means to Identify as Both Jewish and Arab

Untangling the Imperfect Narratives of Religious History

By Massoud Hayoun | June 25, 2019

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Discovering America's Heavenly Kingdom of Oil

By Darren Dochuk | June 17, 2019

Rebecca Solnit: How Internet Insinuation Becomes Campaign Fact

By Rebecca Solnit | June 6, 2019

The Quiet Revolution in Evangelical
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By Kathryn Watson | May 2, 2019

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

Group Sex Therapy at the Local Synagogue?

Group Sex Therapy at the Local Synagogue?

On Reading the Sexy Bits of the Bible

By Nadia Bolz-Weber | March 22, 2019

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