2011 in New York City. 2011 in New York City. Luigi Novi More

New Orleans’ “Monument to the Immigrant.” New Orleans’ “Monument to the Immigrant.” More

Mulberry St in New York’s Little Italy c. 1900 Mulberry St in New York’s Little Italy c. 1900 More

Raymond Barglow In New Age contexts, a valuable insight — that transformation is possible and we need not resign ourselves to the status quo — can get twisted into a mirage of counterfeit expectations. Raymond Barglow. / In New Age contexts, a valuable insight — that transformation is possible More

María María Acha-Kutscher ( acha-kutscher.com ) “The effects of the New Left on American society and culture have been almost incalculable,” Zaretsky writes. “An entirely new consciousness of race, gender, and sexuality has transformed language, lifestyle, and institutions.” Illustration by María More

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Ana Levy-Lyons’s new book on the politics of the Ten Commandments adds another dimension to the creative thinking about God and politics that has appeared in her writings in Tikkun and in the writing of other creative theologians we have published in our pages. Ana Levy-Lyons’s new book on the More

Farmers gather in New York in December 2011 to demand an end to fracking and factory farming. Farmers gather in New York in December 2011 to demand an end to fracking and factory farming. More

Creative Commons/Jacopo Bassano The New Testament brims with parables of generosity and kindness. Lawrence Swaim calls on fellow Christians to ground their faith in stories about Jesus’s life rather than his death. In this painting by Jacopo Bassano, Jesus brings forth a miraculous catch for More

Creative Commons/Bracha L. Ettinger In marked contrast to New Atheist writers Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, who blame religion for Hitler’s crimes, French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas (above) saw Nazism as profoundly antireligious. Creative Commons/Bracha L. Ettinger. / In marked contrast More

© Charles Fazzino/Museum Editions, Ltd. ( fazzino.com ) New York Wing by Charles Fazzino. © Charles Fazzino/Museum Editions, Ltd. (fazzino.com). / New York Wing by Charles Fazzino. More

The New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY What defines a prophet? Is it a moral compulsion to uphold justice? Here, the Prophet Isaiah weeps over Jerusalem in a sixteenth-century woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger. The New York Public Library/Art Resource, NY. / What defines a prophet? Is it More

Malcolm X addresses a rally in Harlem, New York in 1963. File | AP Photo Malcolm X addresses a rally in Harlem, New York in 1963. / File | AP Photo More