The polyamory trap
Newt Gingrich may have scored political points by refusing to talk about an ex-wife's assertion that he asked that their marriage be “open,” but he also thrust polyamory into the national...
View ArticleWhat’s next for gay marriage: Conservatism
November 7 was a good day to wake up gay. Marriage equality went four for four in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington, ending a 31-state losing streak in dramatic fashion. Since then, pundits...
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SCOTUS, civil religious court
“Civil religion” is one of those twentieth-century terms that seems rather quaint today. And yet, as the Supreme Court marriage cases are heard this week, it seems alive and well, and living in unusual...
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Terrence Malick, divine director
“Show, don’t tell,” is common advice to screenwriters and fiction writers. In contrast to primarily non-fictioners like yours truly, those who compose films and novels and stories are rightly...
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Meditation isn’t a “hippie indulgence”
What inspired you to write Evolving Dharma?This is really the book I wanted to write right now. I wanted to tell the story of a phenomenon that is rapidly changing the Western world—the mass adoption...
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Study: Three-quarters of American donations go to religion
Americans give a lot of money to religion—but not in the ways we usually think.These are among the findings of the National Study of American Religious Giving, as distilled into a report released...
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SCOTUS, civil religious court
“Civil religion” is one of those twentieth-century terms that seems rather quaint today. And yet, as the Supreme Court marriage cases are heard this week, it seems alive and well, and living in unusual...
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Terrence Malick, divine director
“Show, don’t tell,” is common advice to screenwriters and fiction writers. In contrast to primarily non-fictioners like yours truly, those who compose films and novels and stories are rightly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meditation isn’t a “hippie indulgence”
What inspired you to write Evolving Dharma?This is really the book I wanted to write right now. I wanted to tell the story of a phenomenon that is rapidly changing the Western world—the mass adoption...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Study: Three-quarters of American donations go to religion
Americans give a lot of money to religion—but not in the ways we usually think.These are among the findings of the National Study of American Religious Giving, as distilled into a report released...
View ArticleThe polyamory trap
The right wants to use the "slippery slope" of polyamory to discredit gay marriage. Here's how to stop them
View ArticleWhat's next for gay marriage: Conservatism
Marriage equality will win nationally thanks to gradualism, federalism and (even) market forces
View ArticleSCOTUS, civil religious court
Striking down Prop 8 and DOMA isn't just a fiduciary responsibility, it's a moral imperative
View ArticleTerrence Malick, divine director
In "To the Wonder," the reclusive auteur proves he's the most spiritual filmmaker working today
View ArticleMeditation isn't a "hippie indulgence"
The author of "Evolving Dharma" on some of the most common misconceptions about the practice
View ArticleStudy: Three-quarters of American donations go to religion
New research also reveals that 55 percent of Americans say their religious orientation motivates their giving
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