Leigh Eric Schmidt

In this episode, we are joined by Leigh Eric Schmidt, the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in t... Read more

I interview Leigh Eric Schmidt, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis, and author of The Church of Saint Tho... Read more

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A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation’s moral fabric, ... Read more

A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation’s moral fabric, ... Read more

A much-maligned minority throughout American history, atheists have been cast as a threat to the nation’s moral fabric, ... Read more

Are you familiar with the New Atheists? The late Christopher Hitchens wrote biting books about religion as “poison,” Ric... Read more

Today the United States is the most secular and irreligious it has ever been. According to  Pew Research, the percentage... Read more

Dr. Leigh Eric Schmidt is the Edward C. Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor in the Humanities at Washington ... Read more