Why has religion persisted across the course of human history? Secularists have predicted the end of faith for a long time, but religions continue to attract followers. Meanwhile, scholars of religion have expanded their field to such an extent that we lack a basic framework for making sense of the [...]

Pascal Bruckner is a very well known French philosopher who writes forcefully argued essays on topical themes. In this book Bruckner sets out to attack what he calls 'ecological catastrophism' D the idea that, as a result of climate change, we're facing a new kind of apocalypse.[...]

It's the middle of a long hot summer on the French Mediterranean shore. The town is full of tourists and the at the Perpignan police headquarters, Sebag and Molino, two tired cops who are being slowly devoured by dull routine and family worries, deal with the day's misdemeanors and petty complaints [...]