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The Lamp and Its Shadow: Emma Lazarus and Choosing the Better Diaspora

November 11, 2024Noah Berlatsky

How the famed poet’s Jewish identity shaped her commitment to immigration and may have contributed to her overlooking other...

In the News

In the News: Cruelty, Comedy, and Communists

October 10, 2018Kali Handelman

A roundup of recent religion writing.

Uncovering Religion: One Train May Hide Another

May 3, 2017

Angela Zito argues that in order to do a good job of covering religion we need to work on...

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.

Review

Review: Bodies of Song

June 6, 2016

Patton Burchett reviews Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in North India by Linda Hess.

Feature

Remembrance of Songs Past: Sanskrit Poetry in Translation

May 2, 2016

Anand Venkatkrishnan shares his translations of medieval Sanskrit poems set in new contexts.

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.

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

September 11, 2015

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

In the News: Emanuel A.M.E., Encyclicals, Etsy, and more!

June 19, 2015

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

Review

The New Liturgy: Devotional Poetry of the Past & Present

January 26, 2015

Ed Simon reviews Before the Door of God: An Anthology of Devotional Poetry edited by Jay Hopler and Kimberly...

In the News: The Pope, Indian Art & Advertising, Putin & More

September 17, 2013

A round-up of religion in the recent news.

More Songs of Kabir

December 11, 2012

From Patton Burchett's "Religions of India" class, 28 poems after Kabir, the celebrated 15-16th century devotional poet and social...

Feature

The Poets of Srebrenica

May 4, 2012

by Janaki Challa “Countless contradictory analyses have seen the light of day about the ensuing bloody events in the territory of...

Natural Christian Poetry

January 16, 2006

16 January 2006 Ever had the irresistible urge to see the culture wars put to tortured verse? To understand...

The Lamp and Its Shadow: Emma Lazarus and Choosing the Better Diaspora

In the News: Cruelty, Comedy, and Communists

Uncovering Religion: One Train May Hide Another

The American Apocalyptic Sublime and the Twilight of Empire

Review: Bodies of Song

Remembrance of Songs Past: Sanskrit Poetry in Translation

The Remembrance of Amalek

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

In the News: Emanuel A.M.E., Encyclicals, Etsy, and more!

The New Liturgy: Devotional Poetry of the Past & Present

In the News: The Pope, Indian Art & Advertising, Putin & More

More Songs of Kabir

The Poets of Srebrenica

Natural Christian Poetry

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