Krapp’s Last Tweet: The Rise (and Fall?) of Privilege in the Digital Economy
This fall marked the third anniversary of a record-breaking event—and one that serves well as…
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Do Psychedelics Offer a Path To The “God Within”?
“Turn on, tune in, drop out.” Timothy Leary’s famous exhortation still influences our view of so-called psychedelic…
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Militias, Trump, Guns, and ISIS: Too much Masculinity?
Masculinity made the news again. We see it in the standoff between a self-described militia and…
Read MoreThe 11 Best #RealClergyBios Tweets
Over the weekend, the #realclergybios hashtag spread like Gospel on Twitter, with countless pastors and seminarians…
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Should Barbie Get Her Feet Washed at Church?
Did it strike anyone else as odd that the Vatican announced that women could have…
Read MoreLet’s Stop Calling Rape and Harassment by Bikram Yoga Founder Just Another “Guru Scandal”
When Bikram Choudhury was first teaching yoga in the 1970s at his yoga studio in…
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The Porn Workaround: How Christian Sexuality Websites Avoid Sin
Last week, the evangelical-influenced Barna Group released findings from its new study, “The Porn Phenomenon,”…
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Put Your Money Where Your Mind Is: A For-Profit Meditation Studio Opens in New York
Ellie Burrows and Lodro Rinzler had their big idea over a cup of tea. Certain…
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Useless and Useful: A True Sage Reviews The Tao of Happiness
Note: last November, The Cubit asked religion scholar Alan Levinovitz to review Derek Lin’s new…
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David Bowie’s “Heroes,” the Soundtrack of a Spiritual Libertine
“Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It’s because I’m not quite an atheist.”
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