Citizens of Two Realms
During her year as a monk, a millennial discovers reverential awe in the midst of chaos. By Eloise Skinner
During her year as a monk, a millennial discovers reverential awe in the midst of chaos. By Eloise Skinner
Memories of her Jain grandmother’s chanting lead the author to reflect on “how deliriously inside out moments can be.” By Diane Mehta
D. Bruce Hindmarsh’s The Spirit of Early Evangelicalism: True Religion in a Modern World. By Brett Malcolm Grainger
Exploring the link between spiritual liberation and abstract artistic expression in paintings of Hilma af Klint, Hilla Rebay, and Vicci Sperry. By Ann Braude
Thoreau had a deeply religious cast of mind, but he experienced revelation in nature, and trees were his guides. By Richard Higgins
Conversations with a World War II conscientious objector and a soldier who served in Iraq deepen the author’s understanding of pacifism. By Sarah Sentilles
The habit of playing music for church turns out to be the most important healing practice during a difficult year. By Michelle C. Sanchez
Leslie Jamison’s The Empahy Exams: Essays. By Sejal H. Patel
Featured Devotion in the Study of Religion Illustration by Gracia Lam Vocation Summer/Autumn 2014...
Many recovery workers periodically return to Ground Zero as a way of reconnecting with the values they experienced there. By Kate Yanina DeConinck
Action and passion coexist in this portrait of one spirit medium in Madagascar, evoking complex philosophical questions. By Michael Lambek
Vrajaprana’s Interpreting Ramakrishna: Kali’s Child Revisited. By Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
There is a constantly growing need for religious studies to contribute to the public world of contemporary life and practice. By William A. Graham
We must embrace the most important engagements God offers us, even though they will happen in unlikely places and with unlikely people. By Christian Wiman
Christianity and psychiatry advance opposite models of suffering, leading to complex negotiations in the lives of patients and in the wider culture. By James Davies
Nineteenth-century Protestant utopian communities and radical political organizations provided a venue for early interfaith dialogue. By Dan McKanan
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
The traditional Freudian suspicion of the spiritual should not stop psychoanalysts from borrowing from Eastern meditative disciplines. By Sudhir Kakar