Denmark Vesey: Conspiracy, Scripture, and Slave Rebellion
Bernard E. Powers Jr. on Jeremy Schipper’s, Denmark Vesey’s Bible The spring and summer months of 2022 marked two-hundred years since the discovery
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America
Scientific Certainty and Religious Mystery
It is not difficult to see why natural disaster phenomena find religious signification. From the primeval deluge in Genesis to the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, religious meaning is often attributed to the calamitous effects of natural disasters which unsettle the status quo.
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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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Religious Freedom: An American Ideal
Tisa Wenger on Jack Rakove W hat comes to mind when you hear the words “religious freedom?” Who and what, in practice, has
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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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Does Religion Exist?
Aaron W. Hughes and Russell T. McCutcheon In the once well-known (and still cited) appendix to his 1912 book, A Psychological Study of
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Alexander Hamilton and American Paranoia
Andrew Porwancher on Alexander Hamilton and American Jewish Culture Marjorie Taylor Greene—a Congresswoman representing Georgia’s 14th District—made headlines earlier this year after a
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James Baldwin: Witnessing in Dark Times
Jamil W. Drake on Eddie S. Glaude On May 16, 1969, James Baldwin appeared as a guest on the Dick Cavett Show. Live
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White Noise and White Silence: Evangelicals and Race
Matthew A. Benton on white evangelicals and racial justice American social unrest after George Floyd’s death (and Breonna Taylor’s, and Ahmaud Arbery’s, and
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Racial Murder: American Memory, American Tragedy
In light of recent events, we are republishing this piece written after the Charleston shooting on June 17, 2015. Samuel Loncar on America,
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