Decree of Death By John William Bailly Throughout history, art has been critical to the sociopolitical narrative of society. It has been used as a tool of power by governments and religious institutions, as a Read more…
Knowledge Hidden in Plain Sight By Jeff Bowersox Debates over rights, citizenship, and belonging in Germany (as elsewhere in Europe) often revolve around competing notions of history, different bodies of knowledge about the past and Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
