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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Essays

Church & State in America Elisabeth Sifton on the Founding Fathers' strong grasp of the power of religion, and why it shouldn't get involved in politics. More Essays

Roundtable

Riding the Godless Express The Soviet anti-religious movement proved it was easier to attack God than successfully install atheism as a state religion. More Roundtable

Voices in Time

1939: Solving the Equation Albert Einstein gives the religion question serious consideration. More Voices in Time

Voices in Time

1901: Channel of Blood William James finds the religious life does tend to make one eccentric. More Voices in Time

Reconsiderations

Freedom By Necessity Jesus returns to Earth only to be indicted by the Inquisition for his impractical philosophies. Terry Eagleton explores the Grand Inquisitor parable from the Brothers Karamazov More Reconsiderations

Voices in Time

1843: Opium Den Karl Marx kicks the habit. More Voices in Time

Maps

Sacred Ground The homes and haunts of the gods. More Maps

Voices in Time

778: Splitting Hairs Charlemagne fights the good fight. More Voices in Time
The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in the shadow than in the Church.
—Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1510
In Stir
Enemy of the State 1597 / London
Sops for Cerberus 1775 / London
Rigor of Death 1890 / Auburn
In the Trenches
Imperial Hubris: A German Tale by Fritz Stern
Nicholas Best Discusses the End of the Great War
Dulce Et Decorum Est c. 1918 / Flanders
The Louisiana Purchaser
Church and State 1779 / Monticello
Lewis and Clark Go West c. 1805 / North America
Stay Home, Young Man 1787 / Paris
No. 44
Mandates of Heaven by Lewis H. Lapham
Secular Revival by Warren Breckman
The God in the Machine by Lewis H. Lapham
Oratory
The Senior Practitioner 1908 / London
Andrew Jackson Removes the Indians 1830 / Washington, D.C.
INRI 1896 / Chicago
The Eternal City
Exile 8 / Tomis
Hither and Yon c. 63 / Rome
What Greater Bliss c. 65 BC / Sirmio
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