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In the valley of echoes
People often respond not to the person in front of them but to reverberations from the past.
A sister’s keeper, a sister’s witness
Kathleen Norris traces her sister’s life with disability, honoring both the challenges of caregiving and the quiet, sustaining presence of love.
Trending topics: Abortion stories
Five recently published books that tell stories of abortions from the perspectives of those who have had them
Spectator violence is a form of moral injury
Something critical has broken in the American psyche: Misanthropy has taken root.
A masterful survey of American religious history
Thomas Tweed offers a bold new benchmark for scholars, with an expansive scope across 11 millennia and far beyond Protestantism.
Reading Aquinas’s five proofs as a trans man
Both faith and identity are lives to inhabit, not arguments to win. There is nothing to prove.
Noah’s ark in Armenia’s religious imagination
In the church of my ancestors, even the architecture pays homage to the resonance of the flood story.
May 3, Easter 5A, (1 Peter 2:2–10; John 14:1–14)
The soul is not a tiny gem or a needle in a haystack, hidden away or easily crushed.
Is it ADHD? Or is grind culture the problem?
Some of my clients clearly meet the diagnostic criteria. Others are seeking absolution for failing to live up to an impossible standard.
Confusion that inspires (John 10:1-10)
When Jesus’ hearers don’t understand him, is it because they are spiritual doofuses? Or is non-understanding part of Jesus’ intent?
What kind of man will I be when the world burns?
Tim Winton’s novel Juice tackles climate change, masculinity, and violence.
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The minds and money behind MAGA
Books by Laura Field and Jacob Silverman expose how right-wing intellectuals and tech billionaires have joined forces to dismantle the democratic order.
The monster stories we need
Two very different Frankenstein movies share a central concern: If humans unleash monstrousness on the world, who are we to judge when our monsters turn against us?