Spirituality
Exploring faith, religion, and spiritual well-being
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11/20/2009 12:31:08 PM
Filmaker and writer John de Graaf is in Brazil for the International Gross Happiness Conference and were thrilled to have him as a guest at Utne.com. where he'll be posting dispatches from the conference....
11/16/2009 2:57:32 PM
A high profile gay Catholic explains why he won't leave the Catholic church and why being a gay Christian is not central to his faith....
11/16/2009 12:08:44 PM
Where do atheists, agnostics, and non-religious people turn for spiritual guidance? Some college students want more humanist chaplains....
11/13/2009 4:21:16 PM
A budding museum aims to celebrate the oft-marginalized institution of motherhood….
11/6/2009 1:46:42 PM
As the nation grapples with the Fort Hood tragedy, Americans may find we can no longer ignore the psychic burdens that our soldiers must bear....
11/5/2009 3:17:37 PM
At 16 years old, Jason Perez was dealing drugs in his Massachusetts neighborhood. By the time the documentary New Muslim Cool begins, Perez has converted to Islam, changed his name to Hamza Perez, and moved to Pittsburgh to start a Muslim community....
11/5/2009 2:16:13 PM
We don’t talk enough about prisons in this country. And we never talk about the religious roots of the prison.
11/4/2009 4:45:25 PM
Sometimes it’s smart to play the fool....
10/30/2009 4:51:25 PM
There’s been no shortage of inappropriate Halloween costumes on the market this year, so what do you do if a pal shows up clad in poor taste?...
10/29/2009 4:50:41 PM
The spookiest day of the year is just around the corner, and the alternative press is chock full of virtual goodies for your treat bag….
10/27/2009 2:16:03 PM
On Sunday, November 8, atheists will launch a coordinated prayer attack against God....
10/23/2009 11:56:19 AM
Religions often have strict rules regarding treatment of the dead, which can be problematic when local authorities need to perform autopsies....
10/20/2009 4:25:27 PM
What does the American Indian community have to say about the deaths of three spiritual seekers at a faux sweat-lodge ceremony in Arizona? That’s a ridiculous question to ask, of course: There is no central “Indian community” . . .
10/15/2009 5:24:53 PM
On the sixth and seventh floors of the Pacific Department Store in Yungho City, Taiwan, lies the the Museum of World Religions.
10/15/2009 5:14:21 PM
A father sends his sons into the world
10/15/2009 2:05:10 PM
An educator challenges society’s assumptions about intelligence, work, and class.
10/12/2009 3:53:46 PM
According to this French-born intellectual’s mimetic theory, imitation is the root of human culture. More Americans ought to mimic the Europeans who rightly celebrate Girard as a brilliant, original thinker.
10/9/2009 8:39:58 AM
If there is one thing that sets Glenn Beck apart from others in his league of media windbags, it's the tears. A scholar explains this distinctly Mormon brand of masculinity.
10/8/2009 1:57:33 PM
People who “can’t take a joke” are often pegged as spoilsports—but recent research suggests that there’s more to the reaction….
10/6/2009 12:26:20 PM
Parents sing with their children constantly when they’re small, but as they get older, families tend to lose their voices….
9/25/2009 10:54:57 AM
Hardcore Christian creationism isn’t just for the U.S. Bible Belt. A creationism-based zoo outside Bristol, England, attracts more than 100,000 visitors a year with its mixture of furry animals and fuzzy science…
9/24/2009 3:32:48 PM
Why are increasing numbers of Americans declaring themselves as having “no religion”? Don’t automatically assume that a new wave of godlessness is sweeping the land…
9/24/2009 10:30:50 AM
Psychologists are experimenting with mindfulness exercises to fight eating disorders....
9/18/2009 11:25:48 AM
The bestselling author of A History of God talks about the decisions of her youth....
9/17/2009 2:39:38 PM
Many of the most revered love stories involve people taking huge risks and enduring pain and suffering in the name of love. It makes for nice stories, but it’s not a blueprint for enduring love....
9/9/2009 5:09:03 PM
Listening to a mortar attack in Iraq, Army journalist and avowed atheist Spencer Case felt the urge to kneel down and pray....
9/3/2009 4:37:33 PM
Humans are treating the natural world like a giant Ponzi scheme....
8/24/2009 7:59:59 AM
It took some seriously bad mojo to go up against 17th-century witches. U.K. researchers opened and analyzed the contents of a rare intact “witch bottle” and found bent pins, belly-button lint, fingernail clippings…
8/24/2009 7:50:17 AM
Here’s a refreshing change of pace: Wealthy people stepping forward and volunteering to pay higher taxes, because it’s only fair….
8/21/2009 1:57:13 PM
Buddhism can return people to that “perceptual simplicity” of childhood...
8/21/2009 10:56:47 AM
In this excerpt from Link TV's Global Spirit program, Dr. Ed Tick leads a group Vietnam veterans back to Vietnam in search of healing....
8/20/2009 11:40:55 AM
When the chef sweats, the salty smoke is all the sweeter.
8/18/2009 5:14:47 PM
Want to heal? Tell your story.
8/18/2009 10:11:40 AM
A novel idea: forget progressive religion, Americans need to learn to be progressive about religion....
8/17/2009 11:45:41 AM
An ex-cop seeks solace, hits bottom, and comes out firing in canyon country
8/17/2009 11:37:46 AM
No pop psychologist, Barbara Fredrickson seriously considers how to cultivate positive emotions.
8/12/2009 9:28:04 AM
A therapist in Toronto is taking his practice to the people he says need mental health care the most—but who are least likely to have access….
8/11/2009 8:41:03 AM
There’s no doubt the recession has spurred interest in living more affordably. There’s just one hitch with the prevailing frugal ethos….
8/9/2009 7:31:03 AM
Religious Americans have a tough time turning down requests from their “moral communities,” which transforms them into super citizens….
8/7/2009 1:11:38 PM
A Buddhist monk builds a spiritual supermarket. If you’re ever in Taiwan….
8/6/2009 10:48:35 AM
A conversation with Karen Armstrong, author of The History of God, and Robert Thurman, the first American ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk....
8/5/2009 10:58:01 AM
Mindful living, emotional intelligence, daily wisdom, and the search for meaning
7/31/2009 3:53:54 PM
The arrest of a U.K. woman for having sex too loudly conjures up echoes of George Orwell’s 1984 for the astute, libertarian magazine Reason....
7/29/2009 9:24:13 AM
Exploring the ecstatic state—a global phenomenon found in all kinds of spiritual and religious traditions....
7/28/2009 12:55:32 PM
Healing lepers, giving sight to the blind, the Bible portrays Jesus as a one-man health care reform plan....
7/28/2009 10:34:55 AM
“Western yoga can be seen as a subset of New Age culture, which is another way of saying “Don’t forget your wallet,’ ” quips the Vancouver Review....
7/27/2009 12:48:49 PM
"My church doesn’t want me," Eileen Markey writes for Killing the Buddha. "It is a profoundly lonely feeling."
7/27/2009 11:47:37 AM
The photographer Zak Bent collects his tears and the tears of his wife and children....
7/27/2009 11:14:40 AM
Raw. Intimate. Painful. Universal. That's our setup for this potent and stunning portrait of a man who has just lost his wife of 63 years....
7/24/2009 3:23:56 PM
Television programs designed with the best intentions still send confusing signals to young viewers, according to new research....
7/23/2009 10:30:31 AM
A burned-out doctor opens her own community-designed practice—we're talking massages, chocolate, and comfy flannel gowns—and offers a hopeful glimpse of what medicine might look like if we cared more for both patients and physicians…
7/22/2009 3:19:30 PM
Purity rings and virginity pledges are getting an upgrade. For only 99 cents, iPhone users can download a virtual purity ring, complete with a virginity pledge....
7/21/2009 3:24:00 PM
Confucius is helping China spread its new-found influence throughout the world...
7/21/2009 1:14:44 PM
Spiritual children are in general more happy than children who don’t have spiritual aspects to their lives. Religious practices, on the other hand, don’t have the same positive effect....
7/16/2009 3:32:00 PM
The pathologically unsentimental Derrick Jensen critiques the activist phenomenon of simple living as a political act....
7/16/2009 2:40:28 PM
Matheus Moraes is an 11-year-old rock star for God. He started preaching when he was six. In 2006, at the age of nine, he preached 250 sermons all over Brazil....
7/16/2009 2:33:31 PM
Google's meditation program, called "Search Inside Yourself" brings mindful emailing to the workplace....
7/10/2009 1:10:08 PM
It's real, and so is the Invisible Unicorn Challenge....
7/9/2009 4:06:44 PM
Hospitality, a tradition ingrained in most religions, is not always extended to people with disabilities....
7/7/2009 1:58:54 PM
The secret is not hiring a fun consultant, nor does it involve gleetivities….
7/2/2009 10:16:33 AM
This interview with the Dalai Lama, conducted by the late writer and monologue master Spalding Gray, is colored by the kind of blunt truths Gray was famous for. It's also hilarious....
6/30/2009 5:15:34 PM
Christian radio is becoming less, well, Christian, reports Sojourners—and the shift is treating stations well….
6/30/2009 10:44:42 AM
Modern corporations and Christian megachurches have a lot in common...
6/29/2009 5:26:39 PM
Spiritual though they may be, pilgrimages still have an environmental cost. Here’s how to balance ecological concerns with the human hunger for visiting sacred sites….
6/25/2009 5:10:39 PM
Philly-based sustainability magazine Grid arrived this week—chock full of summertime “how to” cheer that’s just begging to be shared....
6/25/2009 3:35:08 PM
Search results from Google are a bit too godless for some. That’s why intrepid, religious entrepreneurs started Koogle, a search engine designed to adhere to Jewish law....
6/23/2009 4:19:08 PM
According to Melanie Joy, vegetarians must navigate through a labyrinth of ethical and moral contradictions to understand meat eaters....
6/23/2009 12:18:29 PM
The true story of Boy Scout resourcefulness....
6/22/2009 4:04:12 PM
There has been a steady increase in church bankruptcies and foreclosures in the financial crisis....
6/18/2009 4:26:52 PM
Reflecting on Obama’s inauguration speech, you could get the idea that God is rooting for America. But don’t get too excited yet….
6/18/2009 9:35:18 AM
In less than a year, all that’s left is some seriously nutrient-rich soil….
6/11/2009 1:41:51 PM
Hard science can back up the religious tenet of forgiveness, even in the most extreme settings. Researchers have found that grief, anger, and anxiety can all be mitigated through forgiveness, and can the act lead to better health for both the forgiver and the forgiven....
6/10/2009 2:26:53 PM
The question people everywhere are asking themselves is: How on earth are we going to survive?
6/10/2009 1:20:03 PM
The cinema is where most of us encounter death first and, if we're lucky, most frequently....
6/9/2009 5:38:56 PM
Homes bedecked with jewels and painted flowers. Whimsical garages with yawning mouths, and lampposts adorned with cast-metal birds. A road cobbled to look like a snake. This is a magical neighborhood, but it’s also a real place….
6/9/2009 2:41:41 PM
My retirement plan is to be found stiff and cold at my writing desk.
6/9/2009 2:36:53 PM
In Big A#% Yoga, all the instructors have struggled with weight, so they’re prepared to help students feel comfortable in their bodies.
6/9/2009 2:32:07 PM
Stretching the mind
6/9/2009 2:14:09 PM
Ecopsychology seeks to address the sources of our cultural madness and to reestablish the lost connection with the more-than-human world.
6/9/2009 1:53:33 PM
Lieutenant General Stanley A. McChrystal, the incoming U.S. commander in Afghanistan, eats just one meal per day. He is called an ascetic and a “soldier monk” in his disregard for the earthly pleasures of three-meal days....
6/5/2009 6:11:06 PM
The world of competitive eating is one of impressive (and wholly bizarre) records, several of which are held by Eater X, who has eaten 11.81 pounds of long-form burritos in 10 minutes, among other things. Do you feel queasy yet? …
6/5/2009 3:17:29 PM
The Living Library is an organization that lends human “books” in an effort to combat prejudice by hosting events that encourage one-on-one learning about others with different beliefs and lifestyles.
6/2/2009 2:17:35 PM
Science and spirituality don’t always get along. A few scientists are trying to change that through a new, peer-reviewed journal called “Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.”...
6/2/2009 2:00:55 PM
Spirituality is all about connection. Spiritualism, Gordon Haber writes for Killing the Buddha, “encourages self-involved people to become more self-involved.”...
6/2/2009 12:16:42 PM
Transcendental meditation is gaining a foothold in public schools...
5/29/2009 7:33:35 PM
Natalie Boustead tapped the laundromat patrons of Toronto to offer their deep thoughts on life as they sorted their whites and darks. For four weeks she collected these small gems of wisdom, beauty, and truth. …
5/29/2009 5:33:31 PM
What are the things that should not be sold....
5/29/2009 4:33:25 PM
Head to the kitchen if you love pork. There you can find the limbs (and even lip!) of the culinary trade inked in antique bacon presses, flying pigs, German sausages, and a host of pig butchery diagrams....
5/27/2009 1:14:40 PM
Money can’t buy happiness. In fact, it can make you less happy....
5/21/2009 1:29:44 PM
A cockroach scuttling across the floor sends most people in search of an exterminator (or a rolled up newspaper). Gabriel Cohen, writing for Shambhala Sun, went looking for spiritual peace...
5/20/2009 4:11:54 PM
Somebody had the good sense to install a swing in a Bay Area Rapid Transit car recently (and to document it with photos)....
5/20/2009 11:01:02 AM
Religious fundamentalists and modern atheists have something in common: Neither one can take a joke....
5/19/2009 4:44:48 PM
By applying the open source philosophy, best known for software like Wikipedia and Linux, a few tech-geeks are using a nonhierarchical, change-based approach to change religion....
5/15/2009 12:11:50 PM
Calling all fellow non-survivalists: if you’re a little curious which goods to stock for the next doomsday (or flu outbreak), check out this blog....
5/12/2009 1:49:04 PM
The beloved Saint of Death is under attack in Mexico, and the war on drugs is to blame....
5/11/2009 2:10:13 PM
Baltimore's oldest African American burial has been saved by a group of prisoners swinging machetes....
5/11/2009 11:50:43 AM
In just four short years, Pope Benedict XVI has bested his predecessor....
5/7/2009 2:30:04 PM
Is marriage work, or capitalist oppression?...
5/7/2009 2:26:06 PM
In our International Issue, we asked the age-old question: Why do 40,000 Germans spend their weekends dressed as Native Americans? Whatever it is, it seems to be spreading....
5/4/2009 4:51:03 PM
The U.S. Constitution is under siege by a group of armed extremists who use ancient religious texts to justify civilian casualties and torture. They recruit impressionable youth. They’re willing to die for their cause. And they’re running the U.S. military....
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