Feature The Sacred Steps of Ecstatic DanceFebruary 5, 2025Kathryn Dickason, Rashida Alisha HagakoreA dance movement that is redefining contemporary spirituality
Excerpt Spiritual Reproductive ServicesSeptember 6, 2023Ann W. DuncanAn excerpt from “Sacred Pregnancy: Birth, Motherhood, and the Quest for Spiritual Community”
Feature Muppet ReligionDecember 8, 2022Jodi Eichler-LevineOn the 30th anniversary of The Muppet Christmas Carol, one writer considers the Muppets’ many spiritual insights
In the News: Satanism, Sacred Music, Shasta Seekers, and more!June 11, 2015A round-up of the week's religion news.
In the News: Wicca, Climate Change, Gaza and Much MoreAugust 13, 2014A round-up of recent religion and media stories in the news.
I'm Not Religious, I Just Love MeditationMarch 29, 2012Amy Levin: While the image of Oprah endorsing transcendental meditation is about as banal as a priest offering the...
Practice, Theology and Identity at #OWSOctober 7, 2011Courtney Bender writes at The Scoop: We could even say that occupiers' refusal to give uncomplicated answers to the question...
A 12-Step History? Not so fast.June 12, 2011Amy Levin: When religion in the news bestows a chance to show how complicated history can be, I’ll take...
Tripping on Science: The Psychedelic Community Contests TermsDecember 1, 2010by Peter Bebergal Despite their common, and mostly fringe area of concern, the psychedelic subculture -- whose kaleidoscopic reflection includes...
Believing in PrisonMay 7, 2010On May 1, our sister site, Killing the Buddha, hosted an event in midtown NYC titled, "The Prison-Spirituality Complex."...
A Spirituality of One's OwnNovember 15, 2005American Jesus author Stephen Prothero considers the growing SBNR (“spiritual but not religious“) movement, as the crowd of independent...
Spiritual, But Not NewsworthyAugust 26, 2005Newsweek‘s spiritual hard-sell. Newsweek‘s “Spirituality” theme issue would barely merit mention as anything other than a crass attempt to...
The Passion of ConstantineFebruary 22, 2005Next to Constantine, Mel Gibson’s The Passion is an episode of Spongebob Squarepants. In Constantine, Keanu Reeves as the titular, demon-slaying hero visits...
Daily Links 17 December 2004December 17, 2004Just Like a Greek Tragedy Not content with proving the existence of God, Google aims to recreate His mind. Mob Morality Stoner...
Feature Beyond the Zero-Sum GameJuly 22, 2004In the arena of spirituality, not every malady can be easily understood or solved. By Shahed Amanullah The typical...
01 July 2004 Daily LinksJuly 1, 2004Reuters’s Parisa Hafezi reports on concern among some Iranian clergy that a secular, democratic Iraq may shift the balance of power...
Spiritual Anorexia and the Son of SamJune 28, 2004Lunchtime in the Cafeteria of “Spiritual Anorexia”: Linda Stewart Ball, of The Dallas Morning News, reports on the four-day Dallas conference...