The author of Strange Rites joins us to talk about the expansion of spiritual energy into nearly every domain of contemporary life, from shopping to health to politics.

Tikvah Podcast at Mosaic and Tara Isabella Burton

June 18 2020 12:01AM

An Ancient Pagan Waterspout Discovered in Northern Israel

Illustrating a talmudic passage.

Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 2 2020 12:01AM

The Plagues of Frogs and Darkness Were an Assault on Ancient Egyptian Theology

Showing the Israelite God’s masterful transvaluation of the Egyptian pantheon.

Raheli Shalomi-Hen and Ilan Ben Zion

April 3 2020 12:01AM

An Ancient Canaanite Temple Sheds Light on Judaism’s Early Competitors

The “smiting gods” of its holy of holies.

Amanda Borschel-Dan

Feb. 19 2020 12:01AM

Is America Entering an Era of Paganism?

Witches, SoulCycle, and the post-Christian future.

Ross Douthat, Tara Isabella Burton and Steven D. Smith

Jan. 27 2020 12:01AM

An Ancient Moabite Altar Sheds Light on a Biblical War

The conquest of Atarot.

Owen Jarrus

Aug. 26 2019 12:01AM

America’s Pagan Future?

Will paganism supplant monotheism?

Ross Douthat

Dec. 13 2018 12:01AM

How to Read Biblical References to Dragons

An answer to ancient Near Eastern mythology.

Robert Miller II

Oct. 12 2018 12:01AM

The Pagan Impulses behind the “Right-to-Die” Movement

Life with dignity vs. death with dignity.

Mitchell Rocklin

Nov. 30 2017 12:01AM

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