Holding Out for a Hero
From Achilles to Anakin Skywalker, the messiah myth has evolved from religious prophecy to cautionary tale.
Stewart Slater
· 12 min read
Religion
A collection of 128 posts
Godly Missionaries—or Evil Sorcerers?
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.
Greg Koabel
· 25 min read
Too Much Monkey Business
The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today.
Graham Daseler
· 21 min read
Religious Reasoning
The first and largest mistake Douthat makes in his new book is to argue that faith and rationality are mutually supportive.
Graham Daseler
· 15 min read
Faith, Fanaticism, and False Prophets
American populism and religion are bound by a shared desire for order in a rapidly changing world.
Timothy Devinney, Christopher A. Hartwell
· 11 min read
Fatuous Moral Humility
The pope is not a source of ethical wisdom.
Brian Stewart
· 5 min read
Religion: A Bad Prescription for America
Though faith may provide comfort to some, it cannot produce reliable facts about nature that can be used to repair a divided populace.
Jerry A. Coyne
· 9 min read
The Church at a Crossroads
Whoever becomes the next Archbishop of Canterbury will face the arduous task of uniting the now-radicalised wings of the Church of England.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
Reading Nietzsche in Amsterdam
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.
Brad Strotten
· 7 min read
Talking Nick Cave Blues
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.
David Cohen
· 13 min read
The Muslim Choice: Integration or Confrontation
Liberalising trends within Islam are facing resistance from radicals committed to a narrative of victimhood and grievance.
John Lloyd
· 33 min read
Liberalism and the West’s ‘Crisis of Meaning’
Many liberals are strangely eager to concede that liberal societies are morally and spiritually bankrupt without religion to give life meaning.
Matt Johnson
· 25 min read
A Different Way of Doing Atheism
Indian philosophical traditions such as Nāstika and Nirīśvaravāda offer the West’s angry ‘neo-atheists’ a more nuanced model for channelling their religious disbelief.
Kushal Mehra
· 8 min read
The Religious Instinct in a Godless World
The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples.
Megan Gafford
· 12 min read
On Sin and Repentance
Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.
Marilyn Simon
· 9 min read