Paradise and the White Sky
Finding home with the Buddhist monastic tertöns and the Irish green martyrs. By Jordan L. Borgman
Finding home with the Buddhist monastic tertöns and the Irish green martyrs. By Jordan L. Borgman
Rumi perceived love as nature’s animating force. By Munjed M. Murad
Jewish synagogues adopt new security strategies as antisemitic threats increase. By Robert Israel
To a remarkable extent, Jews refused to let themselves slide into hopeless apathy during the Holocaust By Melinda Mandelbaum Stein
The silent and implicit aspects of Qur’anic narratives elicit emotional responses from the reader that facilitate the reconstruction of the story world. By Zahra Moballegh
The five W’s—Who, What, Where, When, and Why—guide this teacher’s thinking about crucial questions to consider when educating about historical and contemporary antisemitism. By Joshua Krug
A conversation with Courtney Sender, MTS ’18, on her first novel, a braided story collection titled In Other Lifetimes: All I’ve Lost Comes Back to Me. By Kevin Madigan
Many traditional religious denominations are withering, but there can be liberation if we embrace refitting the old systems in new ways. By Sue Phillips
Poetry by Amit Majmudar
Jeffrey J. Kripal’s The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities calls for a “postcritical” study of religion that embraces more expansive anthropologies, ontologies, and epistemologies. By Charles M. Stang
A fresh round of reactionary groups are appropriating Friedrich Nietzsche to promote virulent new strains of the “superhuman.” By Nicholas E. Low
In How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023), crisis and expediency justify violence at the expense of democratic processes. By Russell C. Powell
A Q&A with Mark D. Jordan on his new book, Queer Callings: Untimely Notes on Names and Desires. By Faye Bodley-Dangelo
Scholars pay careful attention to language and how it intersects with power, a skill that is dearly needed in a “post-truth” climate. By Wendy McDowell
Poetry by Gilad Jaffe