Books

• Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason ISBN 978-0-385-51753-9 (New York, Random House, October 14th, 2008). book's website
• The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America ISBN 0-385-50349-0 (New York, Doubleday, 2004). book's website
• Saints and Madmen: How Pioneering Psychiatrists Are Creating a New Science of the Soul ISBN 0-8050-5902-4 (New York, Henry Holt & Company, 1999).
• Gospel Truth: The New Image of Jesus Emerging from Science and History, and Why It Matters ISBN 1-57322-056-6 (New York, Riverhead Books, 1997).

Articles

• Going Dutch, The New York Times Magazine, New York, May 3, 2009.
• Descartes' Bones on the Huffington Post, October 31, 2008
• No Babies?, The New York Times Magazine (cover story), New York, June 29, 2008.
• Keeping the Faith, The New York Times Magazine, New York, April 8, 2007.
• Contra-Contraception, The New York Times Magazine, New York, May 7, 2006.
• This Very, Very Old House, New York Times Magazine, March 5, 2006.
• All Political Ideas Are Local, New York Times Magazine, October 2, 2005.
• What's Their Real Problem with Gay Marriage? (It's the Gay Part), New York Times Magazine, June 19, 2005.
• Shangri-La-Di-Da, GQ, May 2005.
• Faith at Work, New York Times Magazine, cover story, October 21, 2004.
• The Industry Standard, New York Times Magazine, October 3, 2004.
• The Future of the Past, The New York Times, September 12, 2004.
• My Life on Darts, GQ, March 2004.
• Al Franken, Seriously, New York Times Magazine, cover story, March 21, 2004.
• The Streets Where History Lives, The New York Times, Op-Ed, February 9, 2004.
• A Short-Order Revolutionary, New York Times Magazine, January 11, 2004.
• The Un-Pilgrims, The New York Times, Op-Ed, November 27, 2003.
• Genetic Family Values, The New York Times Magazine, New York, 12 December 2004, p. 73-74.
• Most Wanted, The New York Times Magazine, New York, August 25, 2002.
• McLaughlin? Is That a Jewish Name?, The New York Times Magazine, New York, March 24, 2002.