How Special Is Science?
Philip Ball on writing about science in the Covid-19 pandemic Science is special. Its central idea – collecting data about the real world,
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A New History of Orientalism
Richard Calis on Alexander Bevilacqua, Noel Malcolm, Simon Mills, and Jürgen Osterhammel How did Europeans conceptualize the peoples, cultures, and religions of the
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Soloveitchik and St. Paul: A Commentary on the Hebrew Gospels
Sarit Kattan Gribetz on Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik Elijah Zvi Soloveitchik’s surprising work, Qol Qore, is a Hebrew commentary to the Gospels of Matthew,
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Apostate Women: The Sacrifice Doubt Demands
Katie Christine Gaddini on Ayala Fader My body betrayed me. It committed treason, until my mind stumbled after it and grabbed hold of
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James Baldwin: Witnessing in Dark Times
Jamil W. Drake on Eddie S. Glaude On May 16, 1969, James Baldwin appeared as a guest on the Dick Cavett Show. Live
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Is Philosophy Magic? The Roots of Reason in Parmenides
Samuel Loncar on Peter Kingsley If you hate heresy, stop now. This is a story of illness, madness, and the end of what
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Ending Gender Violence: Africana Women’s Possibility and Power
Oluwatomisin Oredein on Traci West As a Nigerian-American woman my identity is liminal. I am often reminded that I am a Black woman,
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The Harvard Cheating Scandal Gone Global
Sammy Kelner on Education When students stop caring, so do teachers. Teachers are demoralized by cheating, and every attempt to correct what is
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Cultural Contradictions of the Nation State
Yehudah Mirsky on Alexander Kaye Alexander Kaye’s book stands at the confluence of three different scholarly traditions – the history of political thought
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Do We Need God For Happiness?
Timothy Larsen on Tanya M. Luhrmann When we get to Constantine the Great, my students often experience a fair amount of frustration. At
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