Henry Cowles and Caleb Smith’s thought-provoking exchange raises questions about the possibility, and desirability, of remaining focused and attentive in…
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wonder
The Cow in the Elevator: An introduction
July 13, 2018
In January 2009 I found myself helping three priests lure a reluctant cow into an elevator in the city of…
For the looking
January 10, 2018
The Great American Eclipse of 2017 had all the trappings of a national revival. In a time of heightened uncertainty,…
Cosmology and the environment
September 14, 2015
Can—and should—a scientific account of the universe function as a global myth? If so, what is the likely impact of…
The “New New Atheists”
July 19, 2012
Christopher R. Beha discusses a recent article he had written for Harper's Magazine in which he considers three publications, written…
Thinking otherwise
December 3, 2010
By insisting that this is all there is, the secularist position forecloses the emergence of anything other than this. Since…












