Arts & Culture
The genealogy of selfhood
From the Renaissance to Kim Kardashian, Tara Isabella Burton tells a story of limitless, ruthless self-creation.
The pedagogy of Ancient Aliens
Why I teach ancient astronaut theory as part of Intro to Religion
Sister Holiday takes the heat
Margot Douaihy’s New Orleans is a fever dream. Her protagonist is a queer, punk nun who is all in on her vocation.
How secularism feels
Donovan Schaefer sets out to correct the misrepresentation of secularity as the realm of pure reason.
An old man dreaming dreams of psalms
Paul Simon isn’t religious, but the voice he heard in his sleep seems to be.