Religion - Quillette (Page 4)

Secular Modernity under Theocratic Assault

Brian Stewart

11 Nov 2020 · 7 min read

The Hagia Sophia Should Remain a Beacon to All

The Hagia Sophia was the brainchild of a unique figure in history.

Lars Brownworth

15 Jul 2020 · 9 min read

Reason, Faith, and the Struggle for Western Civilization—A Review

Gregg finishes the book by concluding that the success of Western civilisation rests on the “four theses” of creation, freedom, justice, and faith.

Adam Wakeling

30 Apr 2020 · 13 min read

Pell’s Pyrrhic Victory

Pell became a public target onto which a deep well of private resentment—much of which was wholly irrelevant to his own conduct—could be directed when the opportunity arose.

RJ Smith

7 Apr 2020 · 6 min read

Convictions and Doubts: The Case of Cardinal Pell

Several factors cast doubt on the accuracy and/or veracity of the complainant’s account.

RJ Smith

10 Feb 2020 · 14 min read

Confucius Got It Right: Giving in to ‘Bias’ Is Part of Living an Ethical Life

No one wants to be “victim” of someone else’s biases, but almost everyone is comforted by the idea that one’s brother, mother, or uncle is heavily biased in their favor.

Stephen T. Asma

1 Feb 2020 · 6 min read

Religious Progressivism

It is not only religious “zealots” who get obsessed about good and evil. All human beings do.

Colin Turfus

20 Nov 2019 · 7 min read

The New York Post Whitewashes the Plight of Egypt's Copts

The least we should expect from Western Christians is that they refuse to become accomplices in our persecution.

Samuel Tadros

22 Oct 2019 · 9 min read

William Peter Blatty's Counter-Countercultural Parable

In her new book Primal Screams: How the Sexual Revolution Created Identity Politics (excerpted in Quillette on August 27), essayist and cultural critic Mary Eberstadt documents just how damaging the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and its normalization of divorce in particular, has been to America’s children. She mentions

Kevin Mims

13 Sep 2019 · 13 min read

David Gelernter is Wrong About Ditching Darwin

The last lesson of Gelernter’s piece is that while we shouldn’t judge someone’s arguments by their credentials alone, neither should we give unwarranted credence to those who have impressive credentials, particularly when they pronounce on a field in which they lack expertise.

Jerry A. Coyne

9 Sep 2019 · 11 min read

Memories of Life at Kingdom Hall: An Alberta Schoolgirl Waits for Armageddon

Paradise was as real to us as a memory—and even though it wasn’t something concrete, our minds were already there in it.

Amber Scorah

9 Aug 2019 · 10 min read

The Uncertain Boundaries of Corporate Morality

Corporations are increasingly prone to formulating explicit moral positions on issues of social importance and punishing those who fail to condone such positions to the extent that they are able to do so.