Capitalism as Religion: How Money Became God
Regina Munch on Chris Lehmann’s The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream “Where’s the management section?” a man
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The Wisdom of Death
Samuel Loncar considers how death can save our lives All life ends. The heat of breath chills to ragged wheezing. Finally movement and
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On Books and Earthquakes
The Long Read – Carla Baricz reflects on an Eastern European family affair with books A few days before New Year’s, I was
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When Faith Alone Is Lost
Alec Ryrie on belief and doubt in Reformation culture The philosopher Charles Taylor puts his finger on the question. “Why was it virtually
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An Act of Solidarity
Margaret Litvin Reviews We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy Pearlman To an academic, any collection of “voices”
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Unintended Consequences: How the Reformation Expanded Theology
Christopher Ocker on how the Reformation changed theology It all began with propositions “for a disputation for the sake of disclosing the power
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The Atrocity of Sunsets: Sixty Days in Guatemala
There are more greens in this world than the eye can see, and between Lake Izabal and the Gulf of Honduras they ascend
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Making God Speak English
Gordon Campbell on English translations of scripture In countries with a Protestant majority, the Reformation is widely regarded as a positive event, and
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Does Jewish Logic Necessarily Lead to Israel?
Jacob Abolafia on the existential and political character of 20th-century American Jewish life O you youths, western youths, So impatient, full of action,
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Sacrifice Revisited
Sacrifice has endured as a permanent fixture on our horizon. Its roots can be traced back to the mists of time before history
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