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How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita on the “Close Friendship” Between 16th-Century Nun Sor Juana Inés and Vicereine María Luisa

By Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita | November 4, 2025

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

Why Do Countless Cultures Believe the Dead Walk Among Us?

John Blair on the Dangerous Dead in Society

By John Blair | October 31, 2025

On the Rituals of My Grandmother’s Tibetan Buddhist Funeral

On the Rituals of My Grandmother’s Tibetan Buddhist Funeral

Ann Tashi Slater Considers a Window Into Life, Through Death

By Ann Tashi Slater | October 27, 2025

Return to <em>Jesus Land</em>: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”

Return to Jesus Land: Exposing the Institutionalized Cruelty of the “Troubled Teen Industry”

Deirdre Sugiuchi on the Adaptation of a
Groundbreaking “Exvangelical” Memoir

By Deirdre Sugiuchi | October 22, 2025

Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Why Philip Pullman’s Books Are More Important Than Ever in Speaking Truth to Power

Aisling Walsh on the 30-Year Legacy of “His Dark Materials”

By Aisling Walsh | October 17, 2025

Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North

Singing For Freedom: How Those Fleeing Slavery Found New Lives in the North

Tom Zoellner on the Role of Music and Faith in the Experiences of the Formerly Enslaved

By Tom Zoellner | October 17, 2025

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Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide

Between Myth and Modernity: On Persian Stories, Identity, and the US-Iran Divide

Ryan Bani Tahmaseb Considers the Enduring Wisdom of Iranian Myths

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God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

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By Jon Raymond | August 5, 2025

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Searching For Divine Love: On the Literary Landscape of Conversion Experiences

Terry Nguyen Explores the Intersection of Faith, Desire and Belonging

By Terry Nguyen | July 23, 2025

On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism

On the Decades-Long Erasure of Jewish Working-Class Anti-Zionism

Benjamin Balthaser on Mike Gold, Alexander Bittelman, and the Paradoxes of Left-Wing Zionism

By Benjamin Balthaser | July 23, 2025

A Planet’s Pain: On Healing Climate Grief Through Ritual and Reverence

A Planet’s Pain: On Healing Climate Grief Through Ritual and Reverence

Dheepa R. Maturi Offers Mantras for Reconnecting with a Vanishing World

By Dheepa R. Maturi | July 21, 2025

The Tale of Elaine Yoneda, a Jewish Woman in a Japanese American Concentration Camp

The Tale of Elaine Yoneda, a Jewish Woman in a Japanese American Concentration Camp

Tracy Slater on the Strange Fate of Mixed-Race Families in Prisons During World War II

By Tracy Slater | July 10, 2025

How I Survived the Toxic Cult of <em>America’s Next Top Model</em>

How I Survived the Toxic Cult of America’s Next Top Model

Sarah Hartshorne: “I didn’t care how I was represented, as long as I was on TV.”

By Sarah Hartshorne | July 9, 2025

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