Tom Krattenmaker
© Photo by Mara Lavitt 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. He can be found online at tomkrattenmaker.com and facebook.com/TKrattenmaker.
Posts by Tom Krattenmaker
All Is Well on the Appalachian Trail — Or Is It?
Reassurance awaited me at every turn during my recent three-day backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail. The ancient forest dazzled on the stretch of... Read More
Celebrating the Worldview that Embraces the Natural World in Its Finite, Imperfect Glory
What’s so great about the natural world? It’s violent, I’m told. It’s cruel. Its driving force, evolution, gives no quarter to the small and... Read More
The Story of the Universe: We are Made of Star Stuff
IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, you’ve been hearing it for years but haven’t known what to do with it: the idea that we’re made of... Read More
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