She has a new book, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now.

The distance between piety and genius.

And why is so much commentary on the subject so shallow?

The last of a pioneering generation of literary scholars just passed away.

Religion here is a tool of oppression. There it’s just a quaint cultural affectation.

Because the Washington Post’s new section seems to assume that it means “Christianity.”

A strange book based on several ancient Jewish texts.

“Why do we keep getting this wrong?”

Are we really so much wiser than those who came before us?

What use is “a secular perspective on the Bible’s pivotal role in art history”?

Most orchestral music composed since 1950, writes Oliver Rudland, pales in comparison with that of the previous 100 years. Even popular music, after its mid-century. . .

The term “new atheism” generally refers to the claims, made prominent by Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and others, that religion is both objectively false and. . .

Does the doctrine of separation of church and state mean that any discussion of religion in public schools is dangerous and out of bounds? That. . .

A recent trend among religious Christians allows children to decide whether to attend church. They must come to their own conclusions about religion, the thinking. . .