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Christianity
Bartholomew’s Picnic

Eastern Christian Orthodoxy deserves better than to be used a prop by Putin’s regime.

Genocide
Falling for ISIS Propaganda about Christians

An influential international body endorses the discredited claim that ISIS wants to protect Christians—not commit genocide against them.

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After the Coup
Dark Days Ahead

The plot against Erdoğan has laid bare dangerous undercurrents in Turkey.

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Eternity
Yazidis, Hell, and its Abolition

The Yazidi version of Satan relates in a curious way to a serious Christian tradition about hell and its abolition.

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Information Age
Good for the Media, Bad for America

How serious political reporting became a luxury good amid a mass-market media circus.

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Locke's Legacy
Sex and Philosophy in the 21st Century

Progressives try to fix relations between the sexes by taking the theory of equality to unworkable extremes.

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Brexit
A Tale of Two Cities

Britain has decided that London won’t be Brussels. Other responses to the failure of Western elites may not be so mannerly.

South Asia
Subcontinental Drift

The United States needs a powerful India, a peaceful Pakistan, and accord between the two. What are the chances?

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A Call for Clarity
Words Matter in the Fight Against Islamism

We must be clear about the distinctions between Islam, political Islamism, and violent Islamism.

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Green Dreams
The Rise of Moral Environmentalism

Humanity is once again living in a millenarian moment.

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