Why Belief in the Primacy of Language Leads to a Misunderstanding of Richard Dawkins, Islamophobia, and Politics
Like marijuana, affect theory seems to pop at parties.
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Krapp’s Last Tweet: The Rise (and Fall?) of Privilege in the Digital Economy
This fall marked the third anniversary of a record-breaking event—and one that serves well as…
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American Sin: Why Pope Francis’ Mercy is Not Our Mercy
In The Name of God Is Mercy , Pope Francis’ new book, the pontiff does more riffing…
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Do Psychedelics Offer a Path To The “God Within”?
“Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Timothy Leary’s famous exhortation still influences our view of so-called psychedelic…
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Militias, Trump, Guns, and ISIS: Too much Masculinity?
Masculinity made the news again. We see it in the standoff between a self-described militia and…
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What Good Is It for Union to Gain the World, But Forfeit Its Soul?
“I have never really understood exactly what a ‘liberal’ is,” Assata Shakur writes, “since I…
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Rumors of the Suicide of the Liberal Church Are Exaggerated: A Response to Chris Hedges
Within the first dozen words of Chris Hedges’ recent article on liberal Protestants we learn both…
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Should Barbie Get Her Feet Washed at Church?
Did it strike anyone else as odd that the Vatican announced that women could have…
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Are All Religious Experiences Reducible to 16 Desires?
For quite some time now, there’s been an irritating trend in the social sciences. In every generation, someone new…
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It Depends What You Mean By “Religious”: Latest Poll Says More About Us Than Candidates
A new poll from the Pew Research Center tells us, predictably enough, that Americans generally…
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