In Defense of Childhood
Sammy Kelner on teens, adults, and technology In 1982, Neil Postman argued that the idea of childhood was being destroyed. So too, the
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When Secular Laws and Religious Convictions Collide
Perry Dane on religious freedom, current conflicts, and Martin Buber The recent challenges by some churches and synagogues to COVID related state restrictions
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The Conflict: Israel and Palestine
Joshua Shanes on Kenneth S. Stern Rightwing lawmakers and other outside actors have sought to “protect” Jewish students from the threat of antisemitic
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The Christian Origins of Racism
M. Lindsay Kaplan on Antisemitism to Racism Medieval claims about the Jews’ criminal role in the crucifixion consigned them to an enslaved status,
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Monastic Reform in the 12th Century
Kevin Lord on Alison Beach The late eleventh and early twelfth centuries in the Holy Roman Empire were a period of dynamism and
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Palestinian Children’s Literature
N.A. Mansour on Sonia Nimr We do not allow our characters rest. They are called upon to entertain us by darting to and
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The Crisis of Visible Divinity
Kirsten Sanders on Brian Daley The opening chapter of Brian Daley’s God Visible introduces an earnest church historian. He has set out on
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In Defense of Our Obsessions
Thomas Millay on Rita Felski Recently, I found myself watching an interview with the Irish fiction author Sally Rooney. She gave cogent answers
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How Papal History Was Invented
Daniel Woolf on Stefan Bauer The papacy has survived heresy, schism, the Protestant Reformation, and internal challenges to papal authority—to say nothing of
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Heidegger and Kabbalah
Shaul Magid on Elliot Wolfson Wolfson’s new book Heidegger and Kabbalah is arguably the magnum opus of his long and productive career. It
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