Let’s begin our discussion of faith and fiction by playing devil’s advocate, or, at least, by giving the devil his due. It cannot be denied that the devil has had great success in convincing many ...

WHY does the Quran never refer to the human brain? Even when it speaks of understanding and comprehension, it points towards the human heart (the qalb) as the seat of those activities. For those who ...

“Wisdom shouts in the street; in the public square she raises her voice.” Proverbs 1:20 Common English Bible The Biblical book of Proverbs is full of imagery of wisdom personified as a woman calling ...

Religious Studies, Vol. 55, No. 3, Special issue: Religious Experience and Desire (SEPTEMBER 2019), pp. 319-335 (17 pages) When it comes to religion, lack of conclusive evidence leads many reflective ...

Remember when we called it a polycrisis? That word already feels quaint. The world has since graduated to a poly-unknown. We no longer juggle multiple crises we can name and measure; we now inhabit a ...

A new history of American apologetics from Daniel K. Williams offers careful detail, worthwhile lessons, and an ambitious, sprawling, rollicking narrative. This tension has led many Christians either ...

And, according to this mindset, religion and science are mutually incompatible. Religion is the function of “belief.” Science, in glaring contrast, trades only in “facts.” Of course, as is readily ...