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August 1, 2023

Rationalists Face a Crisis of Unbelief

Ivan Karamazov, Nietzsche’s Madman, and the lapsed atheist.

A longtime admirer of the so-called New Atheists—public intellectuals like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens—the comedian, podcaster, and journalist Konstantin Kisin has begun wondering about the sustainability of a wholly secular society. Kisin, in a recent essay, went so far as to describe himself as a “lapsed atheist.” Carl Trueman responds:

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August 1, 2023

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    Renewing ties with Ankara without risking relations with Greece and Cyprus.

  2. No, Israeli Society Isn’t Going to Unravel because of Domestic Strife

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  3. By Failing to Hold Palestinian Leaders to Account, Israel Contributed to the Failures of Oslo

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  4. Rationalists Face a Crisis of Unbelief

    Ivan Karamazov, Nietzsche’s Madman, and the lapsed atheist.

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    Endphase.