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Review

With Limits: Dusk Sets on the American Frontier

February 4, 2020Ed Simon

A review of Greg Grandin’s book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in...

Feature

Make Paradise Great Again; or, the Most Subtle of the Beasts

May 29, 2019Ed Simon

Where paradises fall, so shall serpents be found: Snakes as awkward symbols of American defiance.

Review

Charcoal in an Empty Room: On Mary Beard’s How We Look Now

April 26, 2019Ed Simon

Iconoclasm can be a method of radical critique

Excerpt

America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion

December 20, 2018Ed Simon

An excerpt from America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion with an introduction by the author

Review

Ethics of the Graveyard: Terry Eagleton on Death

October 10, 2018Ed Simon

A review of Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton

Feature

Strange Characters; or, the Antecolumbian Imaginary

May 22, 2018Ed Simon

Ed Simon on how pre-Columbian contact theories play with a story of America that can be told and retold.

In the News

In the News: From Santa Muerte to Saint Leonard Cohen

March 20, 2018Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News

In the News: #MeToo, Goopification, Polemical Flatulence & much more!

December 21, 2017Kali Handelman

A round-up of recent religion news.

Review

Seems like Straw to Me: On Garry Gutting’s Talking God

October 17, 2017

Ed Simon reviews Talking God: Philosophers on Belief by Gary Gutting

In The News: In Sickness and In Wellness

July 25, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Clip-clippety-clip

May 3, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries

April 4, 2017

A round-up of recent religion news.

The American Apocalyptic Sublime and the Twilight of Empire

December 7, 2016

Ed Simon pulls at the thread of eschatomania linking an apocalypitic puritan poem to today's news and literature.

In the News: Voting, Protesting, and Distracting

November 7, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news.

Review

The Savior’s Friends: On Tom Bissell’s Apostle

October 4, 2016

Ed Simon reviews Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve by Tom Bissell

In the News: Pulse, Pulpits, and Podiums

June 23, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news. Continue Reading →

In the News: Freud, Beyoncé, R’hllor, and more!

June 7, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news.

In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!

May 2, 2016

A round-up of recent religion news.

Feature

The Remembrance of Amalek

March 22, 2016

King Philip's War and the many beginnings and ends of sacred violence in America. By Ed Simon.

Review

The Great God Pan Still Lives

January 25, 2016

Ed Simon reviews Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East by Gerard Russell.

In the News: Elvis, Thoreau, Oprah, and more!

October 23, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In the News: Bernie, Bagels, Buddahs, and more!

October 9, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In The News: Poetry, Puritans, Politicians and more!

September 11, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

In the News: Saints, Slavery, Celibacy, and more!

August 14, 2015

A round-up of the week's religion news.

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With Limits: Dusk Sets on the American Frontier

Make Paradise Great Again; or, the Most Subtle of the Beasts

Charcoal in an Empty Room: On Mary Beard’s How We Look Now

America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion

Ethics of the Graveyard: Terry Eagleton on Death

Strange Characters; or, the Antecolumbian Imaginary

In the News: From Santa Muerte to Saint Leonard Cohen

In the News: #MeToo, Goopification, Polemical Flatulence & much more!

Seems like Straw to Me: On Garry Gutting’s Talking God

In The News: In Sickness and In Wellness

In the News: Clip-clippety-clip

In the News: Protests, Polemics, and Pastries

The American Apocalyptic Sublime and the Twilight of Empire

In the News: Voting, Protesting, and Distracting

The Savior’s Friends: On Tom Bissell’s Apostle

In the News: Pulse, Pulpits, and Podiums

In the News: Freud, Beyoncé, R’hllor, and more!

In the News: Profiling, Prince, Peaceniks and more!

The Remembrance of Amalek

The Great God Pan Still Lives

In the News: Elvis, Thoreau, Oprah, and more!

In the News: Bernie, Bagels, Buddahs, and more!

In The News: Poetry, Puritans, Politicians and more!

In the News: Saints, Slavery, Celibacy, and more!

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