Warpaint: What Does George W. Bush See in His “Portraits of Courage”?
There’s an explosion on nearly every other page of George W. Bush’s Portraits of Courage:…
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The Passion of Katniss: How the Hunger Games Confronts the Trauma of Violence
If Hollywood is any indicator, one of the nation’s great romantic fantasies is to fall…
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Kenneth Copeland’s Protectors
How does the godfather of the prosperity gospel keep getting away with it?
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2010: What Did We Believe In?
It shouldn’t be surprising that the most sacred concerns of Americans are also some of the most contentious political issues of our day.
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Spinning Ft. Hood
RD associate editor Hussein Rashid scrutinizes a cross-section of reactions to the Ft. Hood massacre, from those eager to blame Islam to a number of Muslim-Americans.
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Double Helix: Religion Requires Memory; Memory-Killing Drugs Inspire Big Questions
A host of experimental new drugs interfere with the process of creating memory, promising to help combat sufferers, addicts and others. But if memory is required for the creation of ethics (and religion) and indeed in the formation of who we are, what effect might these drugs have on our identities?
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