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Junco Politics

Junco Politics By Richard Bohannon I came upon my first dark-eyed juncos on an early Spring afternoon in 2012, new binoculars and a tiny book of Minnesota birds in my back pocket. A small flock Read more…

February 16, 2022

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Vax Skepticism and Healthy Skepticism

Vax Skepticism and Healthy Skepticism By Michael Scaturro German media this week have been puzzling over the story of a vaccine skeptic who refused a jab and then signed a legal document to prevent doctors Read more…

February 10, 2022

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Religion and Catastrophe

Religion and Catastrophe By Mayra Rivera Talk of catastrophe has become ubiquitous in recent years. A global pandemic has harmed individuals, devastated communities, and upended established ways of life. But even as organizations around the Read more…

February 2, 2022

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Planetary Goodness, Beauty, and Truth

Planetary Goodness, Beauty, and Truth By Whitney A. Bauman In many ways the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were marked by a slow slide in western modern thought from transcendent ideals to immanent, relational realities. The Read more…

January 26, 2022

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Out of the Depths: Denialism, Nihilism, the Possibility of Ecological Civilization

Out of the Depths: Denialism, Nihilism, and the Possibility of Ecological Civilization By Catherine Keller At this moment in this prematurely aging new year, with Omicron omnipresent, I do not want to discuss the virus. Read more…

January 20, 2022

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Knowing What Is True? Between Science and Belief

Knowing What Is True? Between Science and Belief By Dion Forster After a somewhat “rebellious” childhood, I began to feel a strong sense of calling to the priesthood as I approached the end of high Read more…

January 12, 2022

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My Schedule is Full: Boundaries on the Bountiful

My Schedule is Full: Boundaries on the Bountiful By Anna Mercedes I first thought my life was entirely too full to write this blog! Then I decided on second thought to write about that initial Read more…

December 8, 2021

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Conformation and Transformation: Two Ways of Thinking about the World

Conformation and Transformation: Two Ways of Thinking about the World By John Thatamanil Two warring impulses operate in the world’s religious and wisdom traditions—within as well as across them. Echoes of these impulses can be Read more…

December 1, 2021

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On COP26 and the Need for Parareligion

On COP26 and the Need for Parareligion By Justine M. Bakker Earlier this November, thousands of people—country leaders and activists, climate experts and NGOs—traveled to Glasgow for COP26, the 26th annual UN global Climate Summit. Read more…

November 23, 2021

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Telescopes, Blind Spots, and Future Horizons on Mauna Kea

Telescopes, Blind Spots, and Future Horizons on Mauna Kea By Greg Johnson This post pertains to the TMT project on Mauna Kea (Hawai`i), which the author has written about on this forum previously. For important Read more…

November 16, 2021