Finding that no religion is based on facts and cannot be true, I began to reflect what must be the condition of mankind trained from infancy to... →
Robert Owen
Putin stands for the opposite of a universal ideology; he has become an arch-nationalist of a pre-Cold War type, making mystic appeals to motherland... →
George Packer
I got to thinking about the Book of Revelation that was written by a Jewish prophet who was also a follower of Jesus who hated the Roman Empire. I... →
Elaine Pagels
These ancient stories in religion speak to our desire. But they move us toward hope.
I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to create a... →
I just have a sense that, you know, I'm curious about what is religion about, you know? Why do some of us still engage it? It's not because... →
I never thought I would write about the Book of Revelation. It's so dense; it's so complex and puzzling. But then I found I was thinking... →
I study religion because I find it fascinating and problematic. But I struggle with the idea of what religion is, what being religious means. A lot... →
So often, religion is identified in terms coined by Christianity as sets of belief. But I had the sense that it not only involves practice, but also... →
Modern bodybuilding is ritual, religion, sport, art, and science, awash in Western chemistry and mathematics. Defying nature, it surpasses it.
Camille Paglia