Paradise and the White Sky
Finding home with the Buddhist monastic tertöns and the Irish green martyrs. By Jordan L. Borgman
Category: Religious Communities
Reframing Forgiveness
A Q&A with Matthew Ichihashi Potts on his latest book, Forgiveness: An Alternative Account. By Suzie Greco
On Waiting and Wanting
Reading Simone Weil, Fanny Howe, and Mark Jordan helped demonstrate how we can be transformed through the process of waiting. By Nancy Yuen-Fang Chu
Simple Living & High Thinking
A professor of religion and ethics discovers the spirituality of spinning cotton khadi while living among the sisters of the Brahma Vidya Mandir ashram. By Swasti Bhattacharyya
Citizens of Two Realms
During her year as a monk, a millennial discovers reverential awe in the midst of chaos. By Eloise Skinner
After the Death of Chabad’s Messiah
Why do Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson’s followers in Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism continue to believe in his messianic identity more than 26 years after his demise? By Joseph Newfield
Controversy at the Vatican
The ongoing dispute between two wings of the Vatican hierarchy is getting ever nastier. By Kevin Madigan
Nuns and Nones Meet on the Edge
The pull that some Nones feel toward contemplative, social action has led to an unlikely collaboration with nuns, described as an “apprenticeship in prophetic community.” By Katie Gordon
A View From the Minaret
A day trip to Caesarea spurs memories of a childhood visit and reflections on how a disastrous past can go unseen even when it is in full view. By Linda Dittmar
The Interreligious Resilience of Varanasi
Telling and passing down narratives of interreligious amity in cities like Varanasi can demonstrate the countervailing power of peace. By Kalpana Jain
Reclaiming Egalitarian Jewish Wedding Customs
Reclaiming medieval Jewish wedding processional customs to open up a liminal space for a woman to be seen in between her attachments to men. By Jessica Rosenberg
High Stakes For Politically Liberal Modern Orthodox Jews
Can young Modern Orthodox Jews remain in such a tight-knit community while holding political positions opposed to those of their neighbors or rabbis? By Shira Hanau
The Delicate Power of Modern Orthodox Judaism
As long as the Modern Orthodox community can work on civil discourse, it can face its unique challenges and continue to transmit its core values. By Shuli Taubes
Understanding White Evangelical Views on Immigration
Negative views about immigrants held by white evangelicals have more to do with militaristic masculinity than with Bible-based commitments. By Kristin Kobes du Mez
What Faith Communities Can Teach Psychiatrists about Depression
Psychiatrists are often blind to the many ways that faith communities can contribute toward soothing the emotional suffering of the depressed. By Dan G. Blazer
Conversations with Nuns
After a year at a women’s monastery, the author reflects on Eastern Orthodox Christianity less as a religion and more as a therapeutic treatment to move closer to God. By Amelia Perkins
Reflections on Pope Francis
Pope Francis has already set a very different tone, but do these differences in lifestyle and message signal a significant transformation within the Roman Catholic Church? By Francis Schüssler Fiorenza
The How-To’s of Accessibility
Accepting people with physical and intellectual disabilities into religious congregations often has more to do with attitude and effort than with economics. By Mark I. Pinsky
Spiritual but Not Religious
Many moderns tend to presume practicing religion risks making one less spiritual, but sophisticated writings by medieval monastics suggest that traditions, texts, and rituals provide the very means for engendering a spiritual like. By Amy Hollywood
Another Eros
One woman’s revealing year away from the erotic. By Amelia Perkins
