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Nathan Schneider, author of the forthcoming book God in Proof: The Story of a Search from the Ancients to the Internet (June 2013) is running a contest over at his website, The Row Boat, in which he asks readers to draw a proof of what they believe. Read Schneider’s description of the contest below. What Do You Believe? How [more...]  Now that The Oprah Winfrey Show has come to an end, will Oprah’s fans find a new icon to worship? In the run-up to the show’s final episode, which aired today, media outlets have been turning to Kathryn Lofton, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University and the author of Oprah: the Gospel of an [more...] The American Public Media program Speaking of Faith recently rebroadcast a 2008 interview with author Mayfair Yang, in which Yang and host Krista Tippett discuss intersections of religion and state in China, and how attitudes toward religion in China have been shaped in part by the West. In her edited volume Chinese Religiosities, Yang explores [more...] “We need to begin at the beginning. We need to begin at our beginnings”, writes Adam Frank in a recent post on the NPR.org blog 13.7: Cosmos and Culture, to which he is a regular contributor. Frank, an astrophysicist and author of The Constant Fire, argues for a new perspective on the relationship between [more...] The magnitude of last week’s earthquake in Haiti measured 7.0, but the full scope of the tragedy continues to unfold. Each day brings new challenges, from reports of looting, lack of adequate supplies, and a strong aftershock that struck earlier this week. But stories of survival, resilience and hope are also emerging from the rubble, [more...] Christopher G. White is Assistant Professor of Religion at Vassar College and contributes to the blog for The Social Science Research Council, The Immanent Frame. White is also the author of, Unsettled Minds: Psychology and the American Search for Spiritual Assurance, 1830-1840 (UC Press, November 2008). In his latest blog entry, “Mind Sciences and [more...] |
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