The “Nones” Are Here… And Have Been for Over 100 Years
In recent posts about religious “nones,” or individuals without a religious affiliation, Mark Silk and Chris Stedman at the…
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Religion Was Not the Reason for the Paris Attacks
Can religious ideology really be blamed for the massacre at Charlie Hebdo? Responding to the New Yorker’s George Packer and others.
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Andraé Crouch, “The Greatest Hymn Writer of Our Age,” Dies at 72
Andraé Crouch, the incomparable songwriter, gospel singer and preacher, died in Los Angeles on January 9, 2015 of a…
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How Do We Talk About Islam After Charlie Hebdo?
It’s all too depressingly predictable and sickeningly familiar.
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Don’t Write Obit for Liberal Zionism Just Yet: A Conversation With Israeli MK Merav Michaeli
Merav Michaeli, the Israeli journalist-turned-politician now serving in the Knesset as a member of the…
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10 Noteworthy Yoga Developments to Recall in 2015
From the passing of Iyengar to homophobic yoga to the Super Bowl, yoga made headlines and continued to evolve in 2014.
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Global Precap: 5 Religion and LGBT Stories to Look For in 2015
There’s no reason to think the increasingly global culture war between advocates and opponents of…
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Rage Against the New Age Machine: Three Days at the Osho International Meditation Resort
I went to India searching for spiritual enlightenment. I found a neoliberal heaven that catered…
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Snake-Handlers, False Messiahs, and a Few Great Souls: 14 Who Died in 2014
No other end-of-year list can hope to offer such profound juxtapositions: a groundbreaking female Mennonite…
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The No-Selfie Doctrine: A Theological New Year’s Resolution
In an interview in the current issue of The Paris Review, James Wood asks Norwegian…
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