Do We Need God For Happiness?
Timothy Larsen on Tanya M. Luhrmann When we get to Constantine the Great, my students often experience a fair amount of frustration. At
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spirituality
Meister Eckhart: Dangerous Mystic
After nearly seven centuries of relative obscurity, the fourteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart has emerged as something of a modern spiritual celebrity. Millions of
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Directions in the Study of Religion: Sarah Dees on The Materialization of Native American Religions
Nineteenth-century anthropological research on Native Americans communities still shapes how we understand them today. Kristian Petersen talks with Sarah Dees, Lecturer in Religious
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MRBlog | DISPATCHES. NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion (pt. 3) by Sarah E. Rollens
By Sarah E. Rollens On July 17, the NEH Summer Institute on Problems in the Study of Religion at UVa wrapped up. I
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Homo Religiosus?
By Thomas J. Whitley In 1704, Peter Kolb travelled to the Cape of Good Hope in his capacity as an astronomer and mathematician.
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First Impressions #27: Luís León
Art Remillard talks with Luís León about his new book The Political Spirituality of Cesar Chavez: Crossing Religious Borders. León is Associate Professor
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