
God, gods, and the people who love them populate our issue on religion—from ancient oracles to modern scientists still full of questions. Among the contributors: Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Mary McCarthy, Friedrich Nietzsche, Terry Eagleton, Martin Luther, William James, Flannery O’Connor, John Krakauer, Hafiz, Vladimir Lenin, Jonathan Edwards, John Donne, H.L. Mencken.
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Lewis Henry Lapham was the editor of Harper's Magazine from 1976 until 1981, and again from 1983 until 2006. He is the founder and current editor of Lapham's Quarterly, featuring a wide range of famous authors devoted to a single topic in each issue. Lapham has also written numerous books on politics and current affairs. Lapham's Quarterly http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/