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
Religion
A collection of 130 posts
On Sin and Repentance
Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.
Marilyn Simon
· 9 min read
To Save Us All From Satan’s Power
William Friedkin’s horror classic is 50 years old.
George Case
· 7 min read
They Told Me So
How my parents swallowed a frog to save me from antisemitism.
Thomas P. Balazs
· 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
· 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
· 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 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
· 11 min read
Religious Permanence
The human brain evolved to be religious, but religion also evolved to appeal to the human brain.
Bo Winegard
· 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
· 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
· 9 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
· 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
· 14 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
· 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
· 8 min read