Author Archive
Articles by Leigh Eric Schmidt
Essay
Reframing the Story of Harvard’s Humanist Chaplaincy
The humanist chaplaincy at Harvard makes for a good story—just not the ones we have been primed to hear about atheist notoriety and ascendant secularity.
By Leigh Eric Schmidt
Essay
An Atheist for President?
When Donald Trump spoke to a group of evangelical leaders in New York early this past summer, he insinuated that Hillary Clinton’s Christian faith was …
By Leigh Eric Schmidt
Essay
Is God Dead? A TIME Cover Turns 50
On Good Friday in April 1966, fifty years ago this month, Time magazine published its famously controversial cover story, “Is God Dead?” Placing that stark …
By Leigh Eric Schmidt
Review
The Father of Modern Political Cartoons
Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political CartoonsBy Fiona Deans HalloranUniversity of North Carolina Press, 2012 For those of us who work on American religion …
By Leigh Eric Schmidt