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Merold Westphal: Atheism for Lent

Socrates in the City

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The Role of Religion in the Status Quo

Freud suggested that religious language disguises the role God is allowed to play in our lives. Marx sees religion as part of the larger project of ideology critique, says David Frum. "The ruling ideas of every epoch are the ideas of the ruling class," he adds.

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