The NASA Psyche Project: A Story from The Intermission
Lindy Elkins-Tanton Right now, it seems that all our narratives are narratives of guilt and fear. Climate change. The pandemic. Pollution. Poverty. Division.
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Essays
Ireland: Sacred Spaces and The Pursuit of New Gods
Crawford Gribben on Ireland’s Ancient Religious Traditions O ne-night last week, I raised the blind and looked out of my bedroom window towards
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The Future of Secularism
The future of liberalism lies in secularism. What is needed for a renaissance in liberalism worldwide is a spiritual revival in secularism itself. To put this another way, the current crisis in values after the Death of God could be thought of as the birth pangs of the creation of the first genuinely secular civilization in human history.
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Why Joseph Smith Matters
John G. Turner on Mormonism J oseph Smith may not be a name that matters to you, but he matters a great deal
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What’s So Jewish about Hellenistic Judaism?
Paul Michael Kurtz on the Complexities of Jewish Identity I f “all men are either Jews or Greeks,” as Heinrich Heine had it,
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Easter and the Parable of the Sower
Sarah Ruden on Easter, the World’s End, and Hope T he shock of mourning in the face of the world going on as
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Humor and Hope: From Purim to Passover
Joel S. Kaminsky on The Significance of Humor in biblical persecution This essay was originally published on April 12, 2019. A number of years
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Marcel Proust, Physics, and Lost Time
Stanley Deser, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Brandeis University In 1941, aged ten, I came to the US with my parents as a
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The Gita According to Marcus Aurelius
Amit Majmudar 1. Among the Quadi, on the river Gran. Both the Meditations and the Gita offer a statement of place. In the
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Snake Mythology: From Ancient Aztec Sculptures to Instagram Fans
Erica Wright At seven months pregnant, I’ve never felt less like Mother Earth. At least not like most of the depictions: a woman
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