Atoms and Eden

Salon God, He's moody

In an interview with something to offend everyone, Robert Wright explains why religion has given us a fickle deity
By Steve Paulson Jun 24, 2009

  • Those ignorant atheists

    In this witty book, Terry Eagleton argues that Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and their ilk are shockingly ill-informed about the Christian faith.
    By Andrew O'Hehir April 28, 2009

  • Jane Goodall's animal planet

    In a surprising interview, the famous primatologist talks about her mystical experiences in the jungle and her ever-increasing passion for animal rights and cleaning up the "horrendous mess" of our environment.
    By Steve Paulson April 14, 2009

  • Jesus is just alright with him

    To the author of "Jesus Interrupted," the man from Galilee was a radical Jewish prophet, not God. But in an interview, Bart Ehrman says history doesn't have to undermine Christian faith.
    By Gary Kamiya April 3, 2009

  • You are not your brain

    We have become too reductive in understanding ourselves, argues philosopher Alva Noe. Our thoughts and desires are shaped by more than neurons firing inside our heads.
    By Gordy Slack March 25, 2009

  • God enough

    We should see the ceaseless creativity of nature as sacred, argues biologist Stuart Kauffman, despite what Richard Dawkins might say.
    By Steve Paulson November 19, 2008

  • What's wrong with science as religion

    Piercing a Communion wafer with a nail and throwing it in the garbage, as one crusading biologist recently did, does science no favors.
    By Karl Giberson July 31, 2008

  • Religion is poetry

    The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse.
    By Steve Paulson July 21, 2008

  • Can't Darwin and God get along?

    Of course they can, argues physicist and theologian Karl Giberson, if only many believers were more sophisticated and atheists less dogmatic.
    By Vincent Rossmeier July 1, 2008

  • You are the river: An interview with Ken Wilber

    The integral philosopher explains the difference between religion, New Age fads and the ultimate reality that traditional science can't touch.
    By Steve Paulson April 28, 2008

  • I don't believe in atheists

    Foreign correspondent and intellectual provocateur Chris Hedges explains why New Atheists like Christopher Hitchens are as dangerous as Christian fundamentalists.
    By Charly Wilder March 13, 2008

  • The atheist delusion

    Theologian John Haught explains why science and God are not at odds, why Mike Huckabee worries him, and why Richard Dawkins and other "new atheists" are ignorant about religion.
    By Steve Paulson December 18, 2007

  • Proud atheists

    Steven Pinker and Rebecca Goldstein, America's brainiest couple, confess that belonging to one of America's most reviled subcultures doesn't mean they believe scientists can explain everything.
    By Steve Paulson October 15, 2007

  • Our rosy future, according to Freeman Dyson

    Climate change is nothing to worry about, says the eminent physicist. Let's celebrate genetic engineering and our ability to design a new world of plants and creatures.
    By Onnesha Roychoudhuri September 29, 2007

  • The religious state of Islamic science

    Turkish-American physicist Taner Edis explains why science in Muslim lands remains stuck in the past -- and why the Golden Age of Mesopotamia wasn't so golden after all.
    By Steve Paulson August 13, 2007

  • Joseph LeDoux's heavy mental

    The neuroscientist explains how music, emotion and memory shape our identities -- and why he has donned a Stratocaster to keep the brain rollin' all night long.
    By Jonathan Cott and Karen Rester July 25, 2007

  • We are meant to be here

    People are not the result of a cosmic accident, but of laws of the universe that grant our lives meaning and purpose, says physicist Paul Davies.
    By Steve Paulson July 3, 2007

  • Manufacturing belief

    The origin of religion is in our heads, explains developmental biologist Lewis Wolpert. First we figured out how to make tools, then created a supernatural being.
    By Steve Paulson May 15, 2007

  • Gospel according to Judas

    The recently unearthed Gospel of Judas "contradicts everything we know about Christianity," says religious historian Elaine Pagels.
    By Steve Paulson April 2, 2007

  • The modern Muslim

    Controversial scholar Tariq Ramadan explains why Mohammed had progressive views of women, why the Quran is a prescription for peace -- and why he is banned from Saudi Arabia and the U.S.
    By Steve Paulson February 20, 2007

  • God and gorillas

    Anthropologist Barbara J. King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it's OK for scientists to believe in God.
    By Steve Paulson January 31, 2007

  • Seeing the light -- of science

    Ronald Numbers -- a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism -- discusses his break with the church, whether creationists are less intelligent and why Galileo wasn't really a martyr.
    By Steve Paulson January 2, 2007

  • Buddha on the brain

    Ex-monk B. Alan Wallace explains what Buddhism can teach Western scientists, why reincarnation should be taken seriously and what it's like to study meditation with the Dalai Lama.
    By Steve Paulson November 27, 2006

  • The flying spaghetti monster

    Why are we here on earth? To Richard Dawkins, that's a remarkably stupid question. In a heated interview, the famous biologist insists that religion is evil and God might as well be a children's fantasy.
    By Steve Paulson October 13, 2006

  • Divining the brain

    Andrew Newberg discusses what happens in our brains during prayer, meditation and mystical visions. Yet understanding the brain, argues the neuroscientist, does not close the book on the nature of religious experience.
    By Steve Paulson September 20, 2006
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