apocrypha

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The Ultimate To-Do List

By Jenna Weissman Joselit | August 3, 2017

An excerpt from Set in Stone: America’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments.

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The Shame Organ

By Gordon Haber | May 26, 2017

Or, The Summer I Realized That The Grateful Dead Sucks

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The Page To Damascus

By Ed Simon | July 22, 2016

Not all conversions come with a big shiny light.

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What Atheism Really Means

By Mike Dobbins | March 5, 2014

“Lack of belief” in God is not the same as disbelief. Fess up, atheists.

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Gym Class Zen

By Alex Tzelnic | February 4, 2014

An ode to pain.

Detail from a drawing of <em>Lesende Mönche</em>, a sculpture by Ernst Barlach. All drawings by the author.

What Proofs about God Really Prove

By Nathan Schneider | December 10, 2013

Beyond the yes-or-no question.

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Atheists: A Rant

By Tibor Krausz | October 15, 2013

The mere fact of not believing in the supernatural doesn’t make you a well-grounded rational individual, let alone a humane soul.

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Ditto Boys

By Jeff Sharlet | September 10, 2013

“What they claim, in fact, is innocence.”

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Human of Steel

By Paul W. Morris | June 13, 2013

How purist fans survive the wait for the new Superman.

by *Nom & Malc, via Flickr

Single Sister

By Kelly Wehrle | January 7, 2013

I wondered if she wanted to leave. If she asks me to drive her away, would I take her?

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Home Taping Is Skill in Buddha

By M. Sophia Newman | December 17, 2012

We are musicians, sampling his breaks, writing our own songs hundreds of times.

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Accidental Gods

By Anna Della Subin | May 8, 2012

“…it is impossible for human nature not always to love something.”

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Buying the Body of Christ

By Rowan Moore Gerety | January 3, 2012

How the communion wafer arrived in the capitalist marketplace.

'Samhain Altar' by Denise, via Flickr. Some rights reserved.

A is for Athame

By Eric Scott | October 27, 2011

A glossary of terms for dealing with witches.

the fountain [explored] by It's Holly / © Some rights reserved.

Jesus, PI, and the Case of the Liberating Curse

By Jeremy B. Jones | October 10, 2011

Speaking in riddles and a four-letter finale.

"The Fall of Man, after Hendrick Goltzius" by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com, via Flickr.

Edens Everywhere

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford | August 7, 2011

It wouldn’t be paradise if it weren’t already lost.

Protest in conjunction with the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, by dbking, via Flickr.

Uncovered

By Gordon Haber | June 19, 2011

A father assuages his post-circumcision conscience.

Lookalikes of Kate Middleton, Britain's Prince William and Queen Elizabeth stand outside a church during a media event in London. From Reuters.

Prince William Ate My Religion

By Theo Hobson | April 18, 2011

The royal wedding is a reminder of what’s wrong with Anglicanism.