A civil debate about religious freedom
John Corvino, Ryan Anderson, and Sherif Girgis agree: religious liberty is good, discrimination is bad, and the clash between these values is complicated.
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Vincent van Gogh, Still Life With French Novels and Rose, oil on canvas, 1887.
The history and myths that made Russia
How did Russia's longstanding sense of grievance morph into a civil religion?
Glimpses into the faith of snake-handling holiness Christians
The sparkle of James McBride's stories
Five-Carat Soul is filled with hilarious storytelling, unusual characters, and stark realities.
The burdens and blessings of intentional community
What happens when a group of radical idealists tries to live together?
The Vietnam War was worse than just a tragic miscalculation
Why are Americans always cast as the well-meaning innocents and others as the bad actors?
A conversation in transition
Two new books help us talk about what it means to be transgender in a changing world.
The vocation of Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau's beautiful writing, biographer Laura Dassow Walls shows, is scripture waiting to be heard.
Poetry grounded in place
Paul Willis's poems reveals epiphanies in the midst of everyday life.
American Decalogue
Jenna Weissman Joselit reveals how the Ten Commandments have shaped U.S. law and identity.
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