The Fascinating Jesus Film You Probably Haven’t Seen
A review of the “faith-based” flop Black Easter and what its failure reveals about conservative Christian media today
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Elegy for Tisquantum: The Mayflower at 400
On this month's 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing at Plymouth, Americans should reconsider the place of Tisquantum in...
"The Great Work Begins"
The Editor reflects on the work that must ensue for racial and religious equality now that the U.S. has...
How Long is God's Beard?
A reflection on the historical connection between beards and religious masculinity
Special Issue: Religion and Fashion
The Editor reflects on why fashion matters when trying to understand religion and our world
With Limits: Dusk Sets on the American Frontier
A review of Greg Grandin’s book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in...
Editor's Letter: New Year, New Things, and Pressing Issues
The Editor shares new features coming to the Revealer and reflects on some of today’s urgent concerns
Make Paradise Great Again; or, the Most Subtle of the Beasts
Where paradises fall, so shall serpents be found: Snakes as awkward symbols of American defiance.
Charcoal in an Empty Room: On Mary Beard’s How We Look Now
Iconoclasm can be a method of radical critique
America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion
An excerpt from America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion with an introduction by the author
In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & Vampires
A roundup of recent religion writing.
Ethics of the Graveyard: Terry Eagleton on Death
A review of Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton
Strange Characters; or, the Antecolumbian Imaginary
Ed Simon on how pre-Columbian contact theories play with a story of America that can be told and retold.
In the News: From Santa Muerte to Saint Leonard Cohen
A round-up of recent religion news.
In the News: #MeToo, Goopification, Polemical Flatulence & much more!
A round-up of recent religion news.
Seems like Straw to Me: On Garry Gutting’s Talking God
Ed Simon reviews Talking God: Philosophers on Belief by Gary Gutting
In the News: Clip-clippety-clip
A round-up of recent religion news.
In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries
A round-up of recent religion news.
In the News: Wins and Losses
A round-up of recent religion news.
The American Apocalyptic Sublime and the Twilight of Empire
Ed Simon pulls at the thread of eschatomania linking an apocalypitic puritan poem to today's news and literature.
The Savior’s Friends: On Tom Bissell’s Apostle
Ed Simon reviews Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve by Tom Bissell
In the News: Freud, Beyoncé, R’hllor, and more!
A round-up of recent religion news.
In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!
A round-up of recent religion news.
The Remembrance of Amalek
King Philip's War and the many beginnings and ends of sacred violence in America. By Ed Simon.