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 20 Nov 2024 · 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 25 Oct 2024 · 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 27 Sep 2024 · 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 3 Sep 2024 · 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 4 Jul 2024 · 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 12 Jun 2024 · 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 9 May 2024 · 12 min read
On Sin and Repentance Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity. Marilyn Simon 4 Mar 2024 · 9 min read
To Save Us All From Satan’s Power William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old. George Case 26 Dec 2023 · 7 min read
They Told Me So How my parents swallowed a frog to save me from antisemitism. Thomas P. Balazs 22 Nov 2023 · 16 min read
Anti-Enlightenment Thinking, Past and Present The Enlightenment was as remarkable as it was unexpected, but it led directly to the benefits we enjoy today. Adam Wakeling 15 Nov 2023 · 9 min read
New Atheism and the Demand for Dogma The notion that we abandoned our old faiths and replaced them with new ones is too tidy and simplistic. Matt Johnson 24 Jul 2023 · 10 min read
Nick Cave: “Conservatism Is an Aspiration” The lead Bad Seed shares his thoughts on creativity, marriage, and having a conservative temperament. Claire Lehmann 13 Feb 2023 · 13 min read
Hope, Trust, and Religious Faith In the 1990s, religious Americans embraced science’s re-definition of spirituality. They would be unwise to repeat this mistake. Ronald W. Dworkin 17 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
Religious Permanence The human brain evolved to be religious, but religion also evolved to appeal to the human brain. Bo Winegard 18 Nov 2022 · 10 min read
