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 · 9 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 · 10 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
Scientology’s War on Psychiatry What caused L. Ron Hubbard to turn on a discipline he had once accepted? Jonathan Salem-Wiseman / Stephen Wiseman 18 Oct 2022 · 16 min read
The Great Cover-Up Islamists used a religious lie to crush Mahsa Amini, but women can win this war. Asra Q. Nomani 30 Sep 2022 · 8 min read
Our Glorious Unhead of State The idea of an Australian republic is attractive to some, but there's a strong case for a humble head of state. Harry Lehmann 21 Sep 2022 · 4 min read
Salman Rushdie and the Islamic Punishment for Blasphemy For centuries, the orthodox Muslim view has been that those who insult Muhammad must be summarily killed. Gordon Nickel 2 Sep 2022 · 13 min read
Myth-making Isn’t the Right Way to ‘Indigenise’ Our Universities Too often, the noble goal of reconciliation is being co-opted by those seeking to invent fake histories and advance politicized narratives. Terry Moore and Carol Pybus 26 Jun 2022 · 16 min read
The Alchemist Emperor of Prague As the Holy Roman Empire descended into religious conflicts, its Habsburg ruler surrounded himself with magicians, astrologers, and scryers. Martyn Rady 27 May 2022 · 7 min read
Pacifism and Papal Fallibility The Pope is a perverse sort of pacifist, not a man of peace. Brian Stewart 20 May 2022 · 7 min read
Imagine There’s No Svarga: Rediscovering Cārvāka, India’s 2,700-Year-Old Atheistic Tradition The Cārvākas considered only matter—that which could be sensed—to be real. Kushal Mehra 1 May 2022 · 8 min read
How the Christian Bible Became Separated Into ‘Old’ and ’New’ There is no firmly established technical term for the Bible in Judaism. The Hebrew scriptures may simply be referred to as “the Bible,” and the term “Jewish Bible” is sometimes used to distinguish it from the Christian Bible. In Hebrew, terms such as miqra (“scripture”) or kitve haqqodesh (“sacred texts” Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter 12 Mar 2022 · 10 min read
From Playboy Sports Star to Islamist Politician: The Strange Turn of Imran Khan Rumy Hasan 23 Oct 2021 · 5 min read
A Better Way to Lead Christians Away from Intimate Partner Violence Andrew Judd 18 Oct 2021 · 7 min read
