December is the weird-ass month, raising Daffodils from dozing land, mixing Hallmark cards and bafflement, mudding Up our seasons with… Read more Poems of the Climate, I (after Eliot’s Waste Land, of course) – Jedediah Purdy
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There is no nation more religious or more religiously diverse than the United States. One would probably have to examine the cults of imperial Rome to see something equivalent. From the Puritan “city on a hill” to suburban Neo-Pagan Wiccans, America has always been a burnt-over country. We will publish not just analysis of religion and America here, but personal memoir and reflection as well. It’s time to get religion!
American Muhammad: An Interview with Artist Sandow Birk – Wade Linebaugh
Sandow Birk’s new exhibition and book publication of his nearly decade-long project, American Qur’an, drew media attention last month including… Read more American Muhammad: An Interview with Artist Sandow Birk – Wade Linebaugh
King of the Road: An Englishman on Route 50 – Jonathan Sawday
This summer, Jonathan Sawday, an Englishman living in St. Louis, MO, decided to attend a party in San Francisco. He chose to drive there (and back) on his own. Here’s how the trip panned out.
The Non-Apotheosis of Tom Paine – Ed Simon
Tom Paine however didn’t believe in gods, and so he was just a man, sometimes a flawed one, and because of that he deserves our love.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God – Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards thinks God doesn’t like you very much.
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