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Old Christ Church in Alexandria. Virginia, attended by General Robert E. Lee in his youth and pictured here in 1911 (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/Wikimedia Commons)
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Divided Providence

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

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Ideology as Anatomy

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

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Island Royalty

A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary

A new biography of a Caribbean revolutionary

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The Creator’s Code

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

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All Talk

Ease of communication will not save us

Ease of communication will not save us

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Barbarity at the Bataclan

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

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Heart of Semi-Darkness

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

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Masters of Horror and Magic

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

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For Want of Touch

The astonishing breadth of our passions

The astonishing breadth of our passions

Eclogues

The Mind-Brain Problem

Psychologist Jerome Kagan has always known that biology is only a partial solution

Psychologist Jerome Kagan has always known that biology is only a partial solution

Worked Well with Others

Discovering the structure of DNA was not Francis Crick’s only important collaboration

Discovering the structure of DNA was not Francis Crick’s only important collaboration

Half-Brother to the World

The United States has been more like other nations than we like to think

The United States has been more like other nations than we like to think

African Renaissance?

Finding hope on a continent where many people see only despair

Finding hope on a continent where many people see only despair

In Search of a Great Modernist

Do Proust’s final days illuminate his novel?

Do Proust’s final days illuminate his novel?

Trouble and Glory

How Martin Luther King became the defining figure of his era

How Martin Luther King became the defining figure of his era

Strong Enough for Solitude

A religious order’s milennium of self-denial

A religious order’s milennium of self-denial

Sight Unseen

When we look and when we avert our eyes

When we look and when we avert our eyes

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