Ross Douthat’s “Believe” Unsettled Me

Aish, 23 February, 2025. In Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat makes a powerful case for religious practice and belief — a case which, despite (or perhaps because of) its correctness, contains an internal tension rising almost to the level of self-contradiction[…] Douthat’s first two chapters masterfully show that…

Hamlet’s Chimera

My Substack, Hamlet’s Chimera, explores paradoxes around religion, philosophy, and culture. Some favorite posts: Theistic-Idealist Monism Evil is Meta-Good How I Became Pro-Life Extremists Lack Passion There is No Prize for Misery Do You Believe in Cod? Numbers are Fake Logic is a Faith Which God(s) Exist(s)? Letter from a Man at the Other Table…