Tag: spiritual
“I see the future going in this direction, that more and more people will realize how important interreligious dialogue is.” More
Two religious conservatives offer their views on political involvement, Glenn Beck, evangelical Christianity, and more. More
Watch more of producer Susan Goldstein’s interview about the psalms with poet and writer Pamela Greenberg, whose new book, The Complete Psalms: The Book of Prayer Songs in a New Translation (Bloomsbury, 2010), is being praised for its literary beauty.
“As chaplains we absorb people’s sadness, their brokenness, their depth of spiritual despair,” says Dennis Gibbs, an Episcopal chaplain at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles. “In many ways we hold for these inmates what they cannot hold for themselves.” More
“It is much easier for God to get through our defenses when we’re in a wilderness,” says John Lionberger. He leads kayak and canoe trips that he says “get to the transcendent through the physical.” More
How have religion in general and the King James Bible in particular figured in America’s literary history? More
“Breathing is one of the most basic prayers,” says Liz Ellmann, who heads Spiritual Directors International. “We are so close to God we’re as near as our breath.” More
Bhavana Gupta says her generation will go to a Hindu temple in New Delhi and say, “Let’s give the priest 500 rupees to have him do a good prayer service for us.” But the younger generation questions this traditional Hindu practice and asks why. More
Engaged Buddhism means “you must confront social suffering,” says Thai scholar and activist Sulak Sivaraksa, “and people suffer now because of the environment.” More
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