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An excerpt from Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity by John David Penniman. With an introduction by the author. Continue Reading →
An excerpt from Making Moderate Islam: Sufism, Service, and the “Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy (Stanford University Press, 2016) by Rosemary R. Corbett. With an introduction by the author. Continue Reading →
Excerpt from God in Captivity The Rise of Faith-Based Prison Ministries in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Tanya Erzen Continue Reading →
Liane Carlson on dreams of moral clarity and why we need them. Continue Reading →
Patrick Blanchfield reviews Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild. Continue Reading →
Geoffrey Pollick explores modes and moments of disidentification in season three of “Transparent” Continue Reading →
Ed Simon reviews Apostle: Travels Among the Tombs of the Twelve by Tom Bissell Continue Reading →
“The Legend of Tarzan,” a much-hyped reboot of the popular relic of Western colonialism, suffers from its attempt to build a conscience into a character who never had one, argues Geoffrey Pollick.
Geoffrey Pollick watches religion move through the background of Orange is the New Black‘s fourth season. Continue Reading →
An excerpt from Classifying Christians: Ethnography, Heresiology, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity by Todd S. Berzon. Continue Reading →