Translating Poetry: An Act and Art of Preserving the Essential – By Rachel Tzvia Back
Rachel Tzvia Back discusses the art of translation after working with the poetry of Tuvia Ruebner “the same – different – the same
... [Read More]
Essays
If Not Him, then Whom? Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Death Penalty – By Anthony Santoro
Anthony Santoro on vengeance, mercy, and the death penalty one year after the Boston Marathon Bombings In July 2005, Talia Emoni Williams’s father
... [Read More]
I’m Sorry, Salman – By Adnan Sarwar
The night Adnan Sarwar apologized for the fatwa He’s here to talk about time spent under the fatwa, and that is what you
... [Read More]
Atheism 3.0? Alain de Botton’s “School of Life” and Transhumanism – By Michael Burdett
Michael Burdett on modern Atheism’s renewed interest in religion and the attraction of Transhumanism On February 23, 2012, in the Sheldonian Theatre at
... [Read More]
The Slaughter to Come: Cormac McCarthy’s The Counselor – By Andrew Lanham
Andrew Lanham reads McCarthy’s bleak oeuvre and, finally, finds hope Physicists hypothesize something called a naked singularity, a black hole that spins so
... [Read More]
Steelers Nation and the Seriously Religious Side of Football – By Arthur Remillard
Arthur Remillard on the religious devotion of football fans The Pittsburgh Steelers nearly broke Terry O’Neill’s heart. On January 15, 2006, O’Neill went
... [Read More]
Sacred Silence: Marijuana, God’s Law, and Kentucky’s Cornbread Mafia – By James Higdon
James Higdon on the authority of the Church and the largest homegrown marijuana syndicate in American history When I started working on the book
... [Read More]
The Marriage of Religion and Technology: Reading Apple’s Allegorical Advertising
Brett T. Robinson explores the religious influences on Steve Jobs and how they shaped Apple Steve Jobs invited a number of lofty comparisons
... [Read More]
Sterilizing the Bible
Charles Halton reads Melissa Mohr’s Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing and questions modern Bible translations I remember the first time I
... [Read More]
The Havoc Freedom Wrought – By David de Bruijn
Opinion: David de Bruijn proposes a reconsideration of authoritarianism They that are discontented under monarchy call it tyranny […] they which find themselves
... [Read More]