The Paris Conference Delivered Another Blow to Peace
The latest exercise in diplomatic futility.
January 17, 2017
Atheism, and Religious Freedom, in American Public Life
Village atheists and H.L. Mencken.
Reviewing a history of atheism in the 19th-century U.S., titled Village Atheists, alongside a biography of H.L. Mencken—once called “America’s village atheist”—Crawford Gribben addresses the relationship among unbelief, religious enthusiasm, and religious liberty in the United States. While some atheists thought greater tolerance of their unbelief would or should go hand-in-hand with greater tolerance of religious minorities, others did not. Take, for instance, the widely popular anti-religious cartoonist Watson Heston:
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Barack Obama’s Policies Have Made the World More Dangerous
But Israel has reason for cautious optimism.
How Modern Anti-Semitism Is Predicated on Memory of the Holocaust
At the core of new and old anti-Semitism is the humiliated Jew, stripped of legitimacy and under attack.
Atheism, and Religious Freedom, in American Public Life
Village atheists and H.L. Mencken.
Gender-Neutral Language Goes to Divinity School
Godself.