Mathew N. Schmalz is associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Also by this author In the Flesh Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2005-07-15 issue: View Contents Most Recent Where Secularism Fails By Paul Baumann October 23, 2024 On Death & Resurrection By Paul J. Griffiths October 22, 2024 The Medium Is the Message By Clifford Thompson October 22, 2024