Editor's Letter "The Great Work Begins"November 12, 2020Brett KrutzschThe Editor reflects on the work that must ensue for racial and religious equality now that the U.S. has...
Feature How Long is God's Beard?September 3, 2020Ed SimonA reflection on the historical connection between beards and religious masculinity
Editor's Letter Special Issue: Religion and FashionSeptember 3, 2020Brett KrutzschThe Editor reflects on why fashion matters when trying to understand religion and our world
Review With Limits: Dusk Sets on the American FrontierFebruary 4, 2020Ed SimonA 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 BeastsMay 29, 2019Ed SimonWhere 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 NowApril 26, 2019Ed SimonIconoclasm can be a method of radical critique
Excerpt America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-ReligionDecember 20, 2018Ed SimonAn excerpt from America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion with an introduction by the author
In the News In the News: Migration, Antisemitism, Climate Change & VampiresNovember 16, 2018A roundup of recent religion writing.
Review Ethics of the Graveyard: Terry Eagleton on DeathOctober 10, 2018Ed SimonA review of Radical Sacrifice by Terry Eagleton
In the News In the News: From Santa Muerte to Saint Leonard CohenMarch 20, 2018Kali HandelmanA round-up of recent religion news.
In the News In the News: #MeToo, Goopification, Polemical Flatulence & much more!December 21, 2017Kali HandelmanA round-up of recent religion news.
In the News: Bernie, Bagels, Buddahs, and more!October 9, 2015A round-up of the week's religion news.
In The News: Poetry, Puritans, Politicians and more!September 11, 2015A round-up of the week's religion news.
In the News: Saints, Slavery, Celibacy, and more!August 14, 2015A round-up of the week's religion news.
In the News: Passover, Prison, Pop Music , and more!March 27, 2015A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news.
Feature Amoral EarthJanuary 3, 2005Tsunamis in the best of all possible worlds. by Jesse Sunenblick On Christmas night I opened gifts beside a...
Feature The Evolution of Pope Francis’s Stance on LGBTQ RightsApril 4, 2024Jamie ValentinoThe pontiff’s shifting positions on queer Catholics