Louis A. Ruprecht

For once, commentators ignored the bible verse written in the Gators’ star quarterback’s eye black. Here’s what they missed.

In which we take the long view, considering the place of religion in the twenty-first century so far. What stands out is our confusion—about religion, about the secular sphere, and about the future of both as embodying forms of political commitment capable of peaceable coexistence.

To spend this season in Rome is to recall that traditional religions specialize in beauty in worship.