Religious Faith and the Family: An Interview with Dr. W. Bradford Wilcox In the main, religion is a force for good in the families we examined in this report—from 11 countries ranging from Mexico to Canada, from the United States to Ireland. Clay Routledge 23 May 2019 · 6 min read
Identity, Islam, and the Twilight of Liberal Values—A Review Rather than exposing and opposing the damage done by Islamism in the West, soi disant liberals, leftists, and progressives have acted as its supporters and cheerleaders. Rumy Hasan 20 May 2019 · 6 min read
Bearing Witness: My Journey Out of Mormonism Integrity requires each of us to bear witness with honest hearts. Spencer Case 13 May 2019 · 15 min read
Feminism's Blind Spot: the Abuse of Women by Non-White Men, Particularly Muslims Some feminists in the West insist that the veil—not just the hijab, but also more restrictive coverings such as the burka—should be seen as not only benign, but actually empowering. Louise Perry 7 May 2019 · 10 min read
Values, Even Secular Ones, Depend on Faith: A Reply to Jerry Coyne I wasn’t saying that secular humanism is a religion. I was saying that in those aspects of religion which actually affect and seek to guide human behavior, secular humanism does not differ from religion. John Staddon 28 Apr 2019 · 3 min read
Secular Humanism is Not a Religion Staddon makes an oddly tendentious argument for the religious character of secular humanism. Jerry A. Coyne 22 Apr 2019 · 9 min read
Keep Calm and Hail Satan A revealing line is delivered about halfway through the film when Mason, a clean-shaven, bow-tied Satanist from Little Rock, Arkansas, explains that he’d been a “zesty little atheist” before becoming involved with the Temple. Blake M. Edwards 18 Apr 2019 · 12 min read
Is Secular Humanism a Religion? In terms of moral rules, secular humanism is indistinguishable from a religion. John Staddon 11 Apr 2019 · 6 min read
Banning Evil: In the Shadow of Christchurch, Quasi-Religious Myths Can Lead Us Astray It is my contention that we must protect speech no matter how hateful it may seem. Michael Shermer 26 Mar 2019 · 11 min read
The French Genocide That Has Been Air-Brushed From History For the most influential historians who held positions of power in major French institutions, the French Revolution was not a research topic but an origin myth—the heart of their secular faith’s cosmology. Jaspreet Singh Boparai 10 Mar 2019 · 18 min read
Is Religious Belief in Decline? “Every human being worships something,” we’re told, whether it’s the movement of the planets, alien civilizations, a political cause, science, or even reason. Matt Johnson 9 Jan 2019 · 10 min read
From Astrology to Cult Politics—the Many Ways We Try (and Fail) to Replace Religion Implicit in the blank-slate take on religion is the idea that religious faith may be diminished simply by changing the type of cultural inputs people receive. Clay Routledge 27 Dec 2018 · 7 min read
Understanding the Miracle of Hanukkah Through the Ancient World's Prism of Horrors Judah’s men were not gentle souls. Jonathan Kay 4 Dec 2018 · 6 min read
'Luciferina': An Interview with Amanda Knox Knox found the fortitude to survive her crucible and the talent to start over. Hers is a voice I will definitely be waiting to hear more of. Jeffrey Tayler 29 Nov 2018 · 8 min read
On God and Politics: Comparing Žižek and Peterson Both claim to not believe in some God who literally exists as an independent being. Both believe that a proper conception of God engenders support for the individual and personal freedom. Matt McManus 31 Oct 2018 · 11 min read
