James Gilbert, on how science and religion negotiate for public respect

William Everdell, on the meaning and method of modernism

David Walsh, on the genius of liberal democracy

Alan Jacobs, on The Dictionary of Global Culture and "Real" Global Culture

Jeffrey Meikle, on American Plastic: A Cultural History

Jeffrey Burton Russell, on A History of Heaven: The Singing Silence

Roger Lundin, on Harry Mulisch's novel, The Discovery of Heaven

Gordon Kreplin, on music, craft, gift, and beauty