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

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

“A world without hope is a world on the brink. And we are teetering.”

By Aron Solomon | May 9, 2025

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

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

The Author of "Theory of Water" Offers Some Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg Spirituality

By Leanne Betasamosake Simpson | May 8, 2025

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

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

Padraic X. Scanlan on Jonathan Swift, Colonization, and Dispossession

By Padraic X. Scanlan | May 7, 2025

How Christian Missionaries Sought to Erase Native American Culture and Identity

How Christian Missionaries Sought to Erase Native American Culture and Identity

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

By Mary Annette Pember | April 23, 2025

What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?

What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel?

By James Folta | April 22, 2025

The Most Literary Pope: <br>Requiescat in Pace, Francis

The Most Literary Pope:
Requiescat in Pace, Francis

“Literature engages our concrete existence, with its innate tensions, desires and meaningful experiences...”

By Nick Ripatrazone | April 22, 2025

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Words as Borders, Weapons, Traps: Sarah Aziza on Being a Palestinian Writer Today

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Religion Meets the Swinging Sixties: How Western Christianity Confronted a Decade of Change

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The Former Head of Human Rights Watch on the Challenges of Reporting on the Abuses of Israel’s Government

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A Revolt Against Rationality: On the Utopian Dreams of Early 20th-Century Occultists

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Raphael Cormack Explores the Emergence of a Spiritual Movement That Sought to Transform the Modern Age

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From Philly to Derry: On the Americans Who Armed the IRA During The Troubles

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Oliver Smith Considers Soccer as Sport and Religion in the United Kingdom

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Bare Before the Sublime: <br>A Short History of Nudity As Spiritual Practice

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