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Hyperphilology and the Anachronism of Anachronism
BY ELLIOT R. WOLFSON | Judaism: The Genealogy of a Modern Notion attests once again to Daniel Boyarin’s restlessly inquisitive mind
Jul 5, 2019


Coercion and Justice in Islam
MOHAMMED H. FADEL | Mairaj Syed’s book provides a highly readable introduction into how a group of Muslim theologians and jurists...
Jun 21, 2019


Tripping to Enlightenment? Science, Religion, and Psychedelics
AUDREY FARLEY | In 1855, while on an expedition of the interior of Africa, the British missionary and explorer David Livingstone...
Jun 7, 2019


After Orientalism: The Muslim Left Today
THOMAS GREENE | The photograph is iconic: a 14-year-old Palestinian boy stands on a dirt road facing an Israeli tank...
May 24, 2019


Is All Forgiven? Democracy and Memory in Post-Genocide Rwanda
J.J. CARNEY | In 2018, my family enjoyed a lovely Christmas in Rwanda...
May 10, 2019


The Many Tales of Joseph Oppenheimer
JOSHUA TEPLITSKY | Yair Mintzker’s new book on crime, sensation, religious-ethnic difference, power, and perspective could not be more...
Apr 26, 2019


Theology After the Death of God
PAUL R. HINLICKY | The theology of Robert W. Jenson signals epochal change...
Apr 26, 2019


Songs of a Sufi Martyr: Poetry and Heresy in Al-Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj
NATHANIEL MILLER | Al-Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj is as well-known for his unorthodox statements and execution as he is for his poetry...
Apr 26, 2019


Making the Arab World: A Review
YOAV DI-CAPUA | Sayyid Qutb’s friends and associates are finally talking...
Apr 12, 2019


Rhina Espaillat and the Lyre of Orpheus
ALFRED NICOL | The power of even the best poets begins to flag as they reach their eighth and ninth decades...
Apr 12, 2019


Humor and Hope: From Purim to Passover
JOEL S. KAMINSKY | A number of years ago I wrote an essay examining the humorous elements in the narratives
Apr 12, 2019


Religion and National Loyalty
LARRY W. HURTADO | In its first two centuries, early Christianity effectively laid the basis for religious pluralism...
Apr 12, 2019
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