‘They Needed to be Heard’
Text, quotes, and images from an exhibit that breathes new life into ancient ocarinas, clay instruments which played a significant role in the Mesoamerican world.
Category: Autumn/Winter 2017
Can the Women Do Something?
An inspiring call to action from the Nobel laureate who brought women together across religious, ethnic, and political differences to restore peace in Liberia. By Leymah Gbowee
‘Every Little Pine Needle’
Thoreau had a deeply religious cast of mind, but he experienced revelation in nature, and trees were his guides. By Richard Higgins
Teffi, Rasputin, and the Revolution
Teffi’s writings and the story of Rasputin illuminate the role of belief and rumor in the fall of the Romanovs. By Randy Rosenthal
At Prayer
Poetry by Yehoshua November
Modes of Travel
Poetry by Callie Siskel
The Politics of Preaching
To tell a congregation the truth, to condemn our world while admitting that we cannot see our way clear of it, is a political and prophetic act. By Matthew L. Potts
The Advice of Mencius
The central focus of Mencius’s thinking was how to let our goodness blossom and how to prevent ourselves from falling prey to immorality. By Jin Li
Zhu Xi’s Breakthrough
Zhu Xi proposed that each of us must cultivate “reverential attention” so that together we might create more harmonious communities. By Stephen C. Angle
The Secular Religion of Plotinus
Plotinus focused on embodied life and envisioned an intricate, complex, interconnected universe. By Margaret R. Miles
‘Restitching’ America under Trumpism
A Q&A with E. J. Dionne, Jr., on the book he co-authored with Norman J. Ornstein and Thomas E. Mann, One Nation After Trump. By Robert Israel
Facing the Fierce Land of I
Gandhi’s translation of a verse from the Bhagavad Gita invites and commands us to return to what’s essential before taking action. By Eliza Griswold
All Flesh Must Once Again Become Fire: Origen’s Untamed Thinking
For Origen, our souls and bodies are simply our fiery minds in different states, and our goal is transformation. By Charles M. Stang
The Way of the Still, Small Voice
Editor’s introduction to the Autumn/Winter 2017 issue. By Wendy McDowell
Challenging Binaries, Crossing Boundaries
A review of four books on Islamic reform in contemporary Africa. By Ousmane Kane
Buddhist Ethics
A selected reading list from Charles Hallisey’s course on Buddhist Ethics.
Where Silence Lives
The documentary In Pursuit of Silence creates a space for a long overdue conversation about the nuanced subject of silence. By Timothy L. Gallati
