WRITING
Writing
Selected essays
Essays and commentary on secularization, morality, democracy, culture, and contemporary social change.
Being Secular in Trump’s America
ARC · April 2026
↗Why America’s Secularization Is Good for American Democracy
Religion News Service · August 2, 2023
↗Three Big Numbers That Tell the Story of Secularization in America
The Conversation · February 27, 2023
↗The Supreme Court’s Right-Wing Catholics Are Destroying True Religious Freedom
Salon · September 14, 2021
↗Imagine at 50: Why John Lennon’s Ode to Humanism Still Resonates
The Conversation · September 13, 2021
↗Staunch Atheists Show Higher Morals Than the Proudly Pious
Salon · August 21, 2021
↗Why America’s Record Godlessness Is a Good Thing
Los Angeles Times · April 2, 2021
↗Secular Values-Voters Are Becoming an Electoral Force
Salon · January 4, 2021
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