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Speaking in Tongues of Fire

By Ed Simon | June 2, 2017

Glossolalia–not just for Pentecost anymore.

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Love is an Animal Thing

By Beatrice Marovich | August 15, 2013

Barbara King’s new book How Animals Grieve raises questions about grief, and its emotional corollary, love, for humans too.

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Studying Religion Is Revolutionary in China

By Nathan Schneider | September 23, 2010

Like pretty much everything else over there right now, religion is a growth industry in China. After decades of official repression a whole bunch of new religious movements—and, even more,…

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Why I Love Lucy

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford | September 10, 2009

High hopes for the first woman’s Times Square debut.

Austria, 25,000 BCE

Who Are These Women?

By Nathan Schneider | February 21, 2009

Along the ramparts of the Brooklyn Museum’s Sackler Center for Feminist Art, there is a small exhibition of ancient female figurines, among them the oldest sculpture in the museum’s collection.…

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Proof Enough for Me

By Nathan Schneider | November 5, 2008

When the usual proofs for God don’t do the trick, sometimes you have to think up your own.