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ED SIMON

Ed Simon is a staff writer at The Millions, and an editor at Berfrois. He is a frequent contributor at several different sites including The Atlantic, The Paris Review Daily, Aeon, Jacobin, the Washington Post, Religion Dispatches, Killing the Buddha, Salon, Berfrois, The Public Domain Review, Atlas Obscura, JSTOR Daily, and Newsweek. His collection America and Other Fictions: On Radical Faith and Post-Religion was released in 2018. He holds a PhD in English from Lehigh University and an MA in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Condemned to Salvation: Considering Universalism with David Bentley Hart

Condemned to Salvation: Considering Universalism with David Bentley Hart

On "That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation" by David Bentley Hart.

The Atheist Illusion

The Atheist Illusion

Ed Simon parses “Seven Types of Atheism” by John Gray.

Dismal Shores of Acheron: Touring Hell with Penguin Classics

Dismal Shores of Acheron: Touring Hell with Penguin Classics

"Finding language to describe the indescribable is the paradox of hell." Ed Simon reviews "The Penguin Book of Hell."

Whispers in the Bare Ruined Choir: Meghan O’Gieblyn’s Crisis of Faith

Whispers in the Bare Ruined Choir: Meghan O’Gieblyn’s Crisis of Faith

Meghan O'Gieblyn's "Interior States" is an exemple of the kind of commentary that uses religious vocabulary to describe our current moment.

The Mexican Phoenix Rises: On “Sor Juana: Or, the Persistence of Pop”

The Mexican Phoenix Rises: On “Sor Juana: Or, the Persistence of Pop”

Ed Simon considers “Sor Juana: Or, the Persistence of Pop” by Ilan Stavans.

Classic Rock’s Götterdämmerung

Classic Rock’s Götterdämmerung

Ed Simon dances with Steven Hyden’s “Twilight of the Gods.”

Groping Towards Each Other in a Common Mist

Groping Towards Each Other in a Common Mist

In his new translation, David Bentley Hart presents the New Testament as a choir, rather than the work of a soloist.

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