The Vast Dechurching and the Paradox of Christianity’s Decline
Firmin DeBrabander
Christians will soon be a minority here, which was for most of this nation’s history unthinkable.
Real Time
Wilfred M. McClay
Do we really believe that the meaning of our lives comes to us most reliably through a steady immersion in snatches of “real time,” complete with quantified and time-stamped certifications of their “reality”?
History Bedeviled
Paul Nedelisky
Were the signs and wonders of the early modern mystics divine or diabolical?
The Scandal of America’s Prisons
Leann Davis Alspaugh and John J. Lennon
John J. Lennon, incarcerated journalist, talks about education, censorship, mental health, and rehabilitation.
Current Issue
Of Continuing Interest
A selection of articles from the archives
Language Machinery
Richard Hughes Gibson
The ultimate semantic receivers, selectors, and transmitters are still us.
Less
Philip Weinstein
Our identity—insofar as it may be thought of as a fortress—is less adept at resisting life’s various microassaults at 3 am.
Enchantments of the One and Zero Mirror
Antón Barba-Kay
What is the relationship between our conception of ultimate purpose and digital technology?