Tom Krattenmaker

Tom Krattenmaker is an author and columnist specializing in religion and values in public life and a former board member of the Yale Humanist Community. Follow him on Twitter at @tkrattenmaker.
Posts by Tom Krattenmaker
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History
BY KURT ANDERSEN RANDOM HOUSE, 2020 If you like conspiracy theories, Kurt Andersen has a good one for you. Once upon a time there... Read More
Rights vs. Responsibility
“We’re risking our lives to go to church,” stated the lawyer for a group of Oregon churches suing for the right to resume gathering... Read More
The New “Roaring” Twenties
WELCOME TO THE NEW ROARING TWENTIES. The “roar” heard at the dawn of these 2020s isn’t the boisterousness and glitz for which last century’s... Read More
No, We Shouldn’t Lie to Our Children about God and Death
The Wall Street Journal opinion page has advice for nontheist parents: tell your kids God and heaven are real even if you don’t believe it. Writing... Read More
Life and Why It Must Continue
AS YOU LIE UNDER A SPRAWLING OAK, admiring the play of sun and shade, it’s easy to fall for the illusion that all is... Read More
The “Yes” of Humanism Glows on the New Haven Green
The voice of secular America is often portrayed as the one saying “no” to nativity scenes and other religious displays on public grounds during... Read More
A New Vision for Secular Transcendence
LIFE IS SAD FOR US SECULAR PEOPLE. Foregoing church and other religious communities, we endure our drab and dreary days without hope, fellowship, joy,... Read More