The biggest cheerleaders for the Enlightenment in our era—Steven Pinker, for example—often imagine it as having occurred in a religious vacuum. They forget, or appear to forget, that Isaac Newton was ...
Find today’s readings here. In a story unique to the Gospel of Luke, the Parable of the Unjust Steward (also referred to as the Parable of the Shrewd Manager) appears at first glance more an account ...