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May 13, 2025

REVIEW: In Search of the Miraculous, Mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson

May 13, 2025/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: In Search of the Miraculous, Mysterious Aimee Semple McPherson

An Iconic Woman Whose Life Combined Religion, Celebrity, and Scandal

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May 13, 2025/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Religion, Religion in America
September 14, 2018

READ THIS: An Eloquent Plea to End Discrimination Against Atheists

September 14, 2018/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: An Eloquent Plea to End Discrimination Against Atheists

And a Survey of America’s Long History of Bigotry Toward Non-Believers

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September 14, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Atheism, Religion
August 01, 2018

REVIEW: A Captivating Novel of College, Faith, Love -- and a Creepy Cult

August 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: A Captivating Novel of College, Faith, Love -- and a Creepy Cult

God and an Air of Menace are in Kwon’s Details

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August 01, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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College, Campus Novels, Religion
November 15, 2017

REVIEW: Alice McDermott's 'The Ninth Hour' Looks at a Woman on the Verge

November 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW: Alice McDermott's 'The Ninth Hour' Looks at a Woman on the Verge

A Young Widow Finds an Unholy Love, and Puts Her Soul in the Balance

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November 15, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Catholicism, Nuns, Religion
April 26, 2017

Q&A: Abigail Pogrebin Talks About Her Year of Living Jewishly -- Very Jewishly

April 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Abigail Pogrebin Talks About Her Year of Living Jewishly -- Very Jewishly

And Why We All Need to Just Slow Down

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April 26, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Judaism, Religion, How-To, Holidays
April 13, 2017

VIDEO: It's Eudora Welty's Birthday--Watch Her Talk With Gore Vidal About Religion in the South

April 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen
VIDEO: It's Eudora Welty's Birthday--Watch Her Talk With Gore Vidal About Religion in the South

And How Girls from the Mississippi Delta Used to Be Different

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April 13, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Mississippi, Eudora Welty, Religion
April 22, 2016

NEWS: Tonight is the Start of Passover, and We Now Know What Albert Einstein Thought About It

April 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Tonight is the Start of Passover, and We Now Know What Albert Einstein Thought About It

There was one thing about the holiday that he fully believed in

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April 22, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Albert Einstein, Religion, Judaism, Passover
February 10, 2016

Q&A: What Can We Learn from Studying Translations of the Bible?

February 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: What Can We Learn from Studying Translations of the Bible?

Translation, Aviya Kushner says, is "a state of the soul"

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February 10, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ 2 Comments
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Bible, Religion, Translation, Hebrew
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