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Gay, Christian, Pagan, Artist: How Matt Morris Defies the Borders of Spiritual Identity

By Jesse James DeConto

…possible. It’s a kind of non-starter to even talk of God as God in your terms and not acknowledge confessions of the divine and divinity and “gods” in polytheistic language. Could you lay out the broad streams of neo-Paganism for readers who want a primer? I don’t think I could do that accurately. I don’t really think of myself as a bridge—and it would run the risk of over-generalizing. But there are great resources. There’s great scholarship bein…

The Glorious, Ethnically-Challenged, Sisterhood of Spy

By Haroon Moghul

…years, Cooper’s been the insecure and dowdy second fiddle, working as the phone operator for suave CIA superagent Bradley Fine (Jude Law), guiding him past every danger even as he is oblivious to her obvious affections. You and I know there’s no way roles aren’t eventually going to be reversed. Because the world is changing, and because we watched the trailer. (It popped up before 50 Shades of Grey, aka “Shari’ah in the Bedroom.”) When Fine is ki…

“What Kind of Islam Is That?”: Talking With Refugees From ISIS

By Mark Juergensmeyer

…and Kurdistan. The pharmacist showed me a video he had made with his cell phone, which did indeed look like a cattle surge of vehicles illumined by a few eerie lights. Now the news from his town is “very bad”—there is no water or electricity or food in stores. Christians are forced to make payments to be allowed to survive and have to pretend to be Muslims and go to the mosque, and ISIS militants roam around the streets and do whatever they want….

The Only Religion Question Reporters and Debate Moderators Should Ask Presidential Candidates (Kim Davis Edition)

By Sarah Posner

…’s also a question that cuts to the chase, without clouding an argument about authority with paeans to religious liberty. Here’s the question: do you believe there are any circumstances under which God’s law should supersede civil law, whether legislative or judicial? If so, what are those circumstances?…

Dear Lindsay Lohan, I’m Sorry

By Haroon Moghul

…ople use to justify heinous and unfriendly comments towards Arabs and Muslims, which usually end with them bombing someone like me. But, of course, you didn’t do that, and I apologize for being part of such a mean gesture. In fact I had a phone conversation with a prominent American imam last night—in Islam, we say subhanallah at such coincidences—and he mentioned in passing how offended many white American Muslims were by this very kind of gestur…

Does the Science Show that Spirituality Will Benefit Your Child?

By Michael Schulson

…don’t involve Miller’s own research, and, despite the dubious sourcing, a number of Miller’s claims are persuasive. There is evidence—much of it from Miller’s own, peer-reviewed work—that self-reported spiritual experience lowers the risk for substance abuse, depression, and unprotected sex among adolescents. There’s also plenty of evidence that adolescents can use spiritual experiences and techniques to navigate emerging adulthood, a process Mil…

“We Blew it” on Climate Change, But May Survive Anyway: An RD Discussion with the First Transhumanist Candidate

By Andrew Aghapour

…e might want to have nothing to do with us, except let us run through systems and algorithms for an infinite amount of time. Those are the questions that I talk about when I really get into spirituality. Would it be fair to say that, just as the Transhumanist Party is bringing a new voice into politics, your own transhumanism is bringing new concepts into spirituality and metaphysics? And that, therefore, the religious elements of transhumanism ar…

Oprah, Terrorist Cells, and the Meaning of Life: An Interview with Paul Froese

By Andrew Aghapour

…ocial terms to frame their moral reality, and so that’s a difference in terms of language. Religious systems of meaning can tend to drift towards extreme ideas of absolute truth, but I also think that secular moral systems of belief can do that too. Nationalism, with no reference to the supernatural, can create a very black and white dichotomy of good and evil, and lead to wars. In your book you argue that we all believe in transcendent ideals, wh…

Meet the “New Age” Stephen Colbert

By Andrew Aghapour

…w are you going to announce it over social media if you don’t have a smart phone? And smartphones: they are helpful, but they are also limited. I’m working with some of my guides to develop what’s called a WisePhone, and it’s smarter than a smartphone. What are some of the features of the WisePhone? You won’t lose it anymore because it won’t be influenced by gravity, so it won’t fall down the cracks of your couch. It will also be able to tweet or…

How (and Why) A Determined Sit-In Worked

By Daniel Schultz

…the bigger danger. It’s not too much to argue that a collapse in civic norms created this situation; it’s the only way Lewis and his allies could get a hearing. That collapse also presented the Democrats with the opportunity to stage this protest. It’s a measure of what trouble the GOP is in this year that Dems decided they could get away with the sit-in. I don’t know if the Democrats think re-taking the House is within their reach, but it looks…