Atheism

Research shows that kids are naturally attuned for belief in God. We adults could learn from that.

A religion scholar’s assumptions about historical progress distort the legacy of a central Christian doctrine.

Public debates about God often hinge on syllogisms. Alex O’Connor unexpectedly reminded me there’s more to truth than that.

YouTube atheists were right to expect a better response to the question “Are you a Christian?” But there are worse answers.

Gospel centrality seeks to draw people into the kingdom—as an alternative to drawing lines in the sand.

Jonathan Rauch has a wake-up call for American believers.

The Catholic journalist’s new book updates Pascal’s wager for our secular-yet-spooky age.

A career arguing about faith has made religious disagreement easier to understand—but outright atheism more unfathomable.

Jonathan Rauch wants the church to act as a “load-bearing wall” in American civic life. But his appeal lacks a clear audience.

By changing our experience of reality, it tempts those who don’t perceive God to conclude that he doesn’t exist.