When this column began, each week the top of the page sported artwork featuring symbols of various religions. I was often asked what they meant. This response originally ran in January 1998 and was an ...

Throughout history, Jews have made remarkable contributions to science, culture, and the arts. Their curiosity, creativity, and intelligence have shaped ...

Lately these pages have seen some comments about how worthless and unnecessary, or even harmful, religion is. I would have to agree with that statement when it comes to almost all religions prior to ...

Journal for the Study of Religion, Vol. 37, No. 1 (2024), pp. 1-30 (30 pages) In the wake of Said’s landmark work, Orientalism (Said 1979), scholars have been widely concerned with countering the ...