The lure of the transcendent
We need a secular framework for human experiences of awe and deep meaning.
Do secularists need confession and repentance?
Seeking forgiveness, and granting it, makes us better people.
Can people thrive in a secular society?
Are secular values the cause of our malaise?
Does the rule of law have a future?
Is law objective, or just the preferences of those in power?
The future of evil
Secular culture needs its own understanding of what shapes our character.
Seeking a secular story of existence
All worldviews need to address the deepest questions.
Ross Douthat wants you to believe in God
The orderly universe is not the pro-God argument Douthat thinks it is.
Lessons for a future atheist president from Jimmy Carter’s funeral
A secular civilization, like any civilization, will need a story about a beneficent universe and a hopeful future.
What David Brooks's search for God can teach secularists to embrace and avoid
Brooks's essay is the kind that often exasperates nonbelievers. But is there something of value to secular civilization in his God-optional conclusions?
The rehabilitation of truth
You cannot build a secular civilization into the future without a kind of faith.
Why there won’t be a religious revival
No religion alive today is fit for a future revival.
What can future secularists learn from the Jewish High Holy Days?
The coming secular civilization will have regional variations borrowing concepts and even rituals from local religions.