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*No: it’s not really a haiku.
We hear a great deal about division and decline these days. It all sounds very dire, but what are we actually talking…
A mature relationship with reality. For me, that is the goal in my search for purpose, meaning, and justice. As Paul said in 1…
Medieval alchemists followed the belief, “Quod est superius est sicut quod inferius, et quod inferius est sicut quod est superius. Meaning…
As someone who grew up in the Pentecostal tradition and then opted out of traditional religion into the countercultural…
Most Americans are centrists to a little tad left on social issues. Poll after poll shows that. Sure, we must fight the…
One of the central paradoxes in Western Christianity has been that forcing a religion on a large number of…
When did people start changing their religion? By which I mean, when did people begin to have the option of saying, “This religion isn’t working for me, I’m choosing that one.”
Author Joseph P. Laycock studies US religious history and new religious movements. He is, therefore, eminently qualified to take…
What does St. Peter have to do with the ritual sacrifice of chickens? Plenty.