Discussing Esotericism and Spirituality in Germany By Kocku von Stuckrad [For the German version of this blog post, click here | Zur deutschen Version dieses Textes geht es hier entlang] Today, the German public-service television Read more…
The Delusion that Only Individuals are Real By John Thatamanil Am I responsible for America’s racist past, even though I myself immigrated to the US from India when I was just eight years old? Read more…
King Charles: Pagan Green Man? By Bron Taylor On 4 April 2023, at its official website, the British Royal Family revealed the design of the invitation to the Coronation of King Charles. Hand-painted by heraldry Read more…
Kindness as a Political Virtue that Could Save Us from Ruin By Dion Forster For some years I have been thinking about the importance of recognizing and cultivating political virtues for the sake of a Read more…
Crocodiles are Our Twins: Recognizing Animals as Persons By Andi Alfian In 2020, a group of Bugis people in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, discovered a crocodile emerging from the Tallo River, which they believed Read more…
The Bible and “Homosexuality”: An Invitation to Encounter, Risk, and Collective Curiosity By Charlene van der Walt The biblical text is often used in contemporary African faith communities to condemn LGBTIQA+ people as an abomination Read more…
“No One Does Anything!”: Hegemonic Knowledge and Everyday Oppression By Marcelo Kuna Half the stories of the world are left unwritten, Half the stories of the world are kept unread, And so the people of Read more…
The Devil’s Parade By Rudolf von Sinner I confess, I am not a true follower of the Rio carnival—too many people, too late at night until too early in the morning, too loud, and too Read more…
on SHAME By Insa Verbeck I’ve always wondered how the words SHAME and SHAMAN sound so terribly similar. My name is Insa. I am an academic and a shaman. I read the news, I read Read more…
Afrikanerdom and Its Lessons for Other Religious Nationalists By Retief Müller Is religion a blessing or a curse when it comes to political identities and their underpinning belief systems? The answer to this depends in Read more…
