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Apr 2, 2026
Did Jesus actually rise from the dead? Heal the sick? Turn water into wine?
How close do the Gospel stories take us to what really happened at the beginning of Christianity?
This is...
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Apr 1, 2026
Over the weekend I wrote about the debate over religious revival in America, touching on the evidence for and against resurgence, the possibility of renewal and decline...
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Mar 30, 2026
In the early 2020s, secularization stopped: After rising for 15 years, the nonreligious share of the American population suddenly stopped growing. Ever since, there’s been a...
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Jan 22, 2026
In the early 2020s, something unexpected happened: America stopped becoming less religious.
The share of Americans with no religious affiliation had been rising for decades....
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Jan 8, 2026
In “The Guilty Vicarage,” an essay on detective fiction, W.H. Auden argues that the most successful detective novels take place in an apparent Eden (the cozy village, the...
