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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

By Ryan Bani Tahmaseb | August 22, 2025

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

God-Tier Books: A Personal Library of Holy Scripture

Jon Raymond Recommends Don DeLillo, Denis Johnson, Theodor Adorno and More

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

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You Don’t Have to Believe in God to Find Hope in Pope Leo

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An Indigenous Theory of Water: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Rivers as Teachers

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An Immodest Proposal: How Britain’s Relentless Imperialism Created the Irish Potato Famine

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How Christian Missionaries Sought to Erase Native American Culture and Identity

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Mary Annette Pember on the Church-State Collaboration That Led to Systematic Displacement Throughout the 19th Century

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