Jesus was son of god—and a husband?
From 2014: Evidence suggests Jesus may have been married, rekindling a debate that’s as old as Christianity itself
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Brian Bethune
Brian Bethune writes about ideas, books and the book trade, and religion, but what really interests him is why people believe what they believe.
A look at extinction and human sloppiness
A review of ’The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History’ by Elizabeth Kolbert
The last of the species
The final days of the last members of now-extinct species are as darkly comic as sad
Every object in the ROM has a story
Twenty-one writers celebrate 21 objects from the Royal Ontario Museum collection
Who will win the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize?
Nominees for political writing prize present a strong showing of literary merit and political insight
Noah, the world’s first environmentalist
Scripture gave Darren Aronofsky and Russell Crowe much to work with in this controversial take on the Biblical flood
Bestseller Divergent hits the big screen
But will this young-adult dystopia boom have a happy ending?
How economics can put a price on life
Economics is so mainstream, we can put a value on a kidney, and even the donor’s worth
Thomas King takes home the Taylor Prize
The Inconvenient Indian wins second major prize of the year
Video: Three oak galls and an eye of newt
Making ink by hand from weird parts of trees can have an element of magic to it