Killing the Buddha

The Bakkers’ son has a church of his own—in the back of a Brooklyn bar.

From a Protestant monastery to the prison-industrial complex.

A neuroscientist imagines life beyond the brain.

Stephen Prothero on why all religions aren’t, deep down, all the same.

On the 21st-century passing of a 12th-century bard.

Two brothers talk about the death penalty, kayaking, and the reality of evil.

“Hope is a kind of religion, and religions don’t work.”

An interview With Gina Welch, author of In the Land of Believers.

Was J.D. Salinger crazy—or just quiet?

A drive through Manhattan with a jazzman in the world of ideas crammed in the back seat.

Why in tarnation is a performance artist running for mayor of New York City?

The holiest night of the year for a Nuyorican Muslim.

A chat with Robert Wright on his new monster, The Evolution of God.

From Believer, Beware: the KtBniks meet a real witch in Kansas.

Rocking out to hymns and ordaining gay pastors: an interview with Lutheran singer-songwriter Jonathan Rundman.

What does it take to be an “outsider artist”? Brushes, paint, and revelation.