Steve Martin and his friends the Steep Canyon Rangers give the folks at Jazz Fest in New Orleans something to cheer — and ponder: Namely, the great musical question, why “Atheists Don’t’ Have No Songs.” Hold the Christian triumphalism until you watch:Hat tip to Jody Bottum at First Thoughts.

David Gibson is director of the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and an occasional contributor to Commonweal.

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