A collection of 127 posts
In the 27th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes the epidemics that ravaged Wendat communities in the 1630s, sparking suspicions that Jesuit preachers were practising deadly witchcraft.
The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today.
The first and largest mistake Douthat makes in his new book is to argue that faith and rationality are mutually supportive.
American populism and religion are bound by a shared desire for order in a rapidly changing world.
The pope is not a source of ethical wisdom.
Though faith may provide comfort to some, it cannot produce reliable facts about nature that can be used to repair a divided populace.
Whoever becomes the next Archbishop of Canterbury will face the arduous task of uniting the now-radicalised wings of the Church of England.
Lale Gül’s autobiographical novel about a young Muslim woman living in the Netherlands has led to death threats and ostracism. But it is a work of admirable intelligence and courage.
As the Bad Seeds begin touring their acclaimed new album, ‘Wild God,’ Quillette chatted with Australian academic and “Caveologist” Tanya Dalziell about the artist’s music, ideas, and enduring appeal.
Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance.
Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning.
Indian philosophical traditions such as Nāstika and Nirīśvaravāda offer the West’s angry ‘neo-atheists’ a more nuanced model for channelling their religious disbelief.
The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples.
Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.
William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old.