The story of the suppression of polytheistic religions in the ancient world by the ever more powerful monotheistic religions is well known. Kirsch (The Harlot by the Side of the Road) offers his own ...

Long established as a leading sociologist of American religion, Stark has in recent years extended his methodology into increasingly speculative territory. Here he follows up his inquiry into the ...

In a recent essay for The Atlantic, David Wolpe, a rabbi and visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School, sizes up former president and insurrectionist Donald Trump as follows: “the lavishness of his ...

Jonathan Kirsch’s new book, God Against the Gods: The History of the War Between Monotheism and Polytheism, describes the fight between monotheism and paganism, with Roman Emperor Constantine securing ...

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 ...

In my previous column, we discussed the common complaint that No. 841 in the Catechism of the Catholic Church is wrong when it teaches that “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge ...

THE topic, the name of the author, and the fact that he is a celebrated exile will arouse great interest in this book among large groups of readers. The content of the book, its inner logic and method ...

Muslims truly worship God. The Church teaches that “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place among whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the ...