“Science and the soul: New inquiries into Islamic ethics” offers a unique forum not merely for review or commentary on…
science
Powers of ten
Listening to the cheery narrator describe how many million light-years we are away from Earth and seeing the buzzy artificial…
Capturing spirituality
The album below brings together some of the "photographs" of spirituality that the medical sciences have produced. Each photograph of…
A superstition of modernity
The question “Is this all there is?” is intended, presumably, to explore our hankerings for (or our phobias against) a…
Seeking stranger things
Sometimes, it seems to me, SF’s defining feature is its simple cosmopolitan longing. After all, what better place to teach…
Religion and the environment
Climate change and the environment can be contentious issues, particularly in American politics. Despite political differences, weather events such as…
Neuroscience and free will
Last month, The Chronicle of Higher Education posted a series of articles discussing “what science can and cannot tell us…
Syposium on Derrida and religion
"Of Miracles and Machines: A Symposium on Derrida and Religion" will take place Thursday, March 22, at Fordham University, New…
The Feynman Series: scientific…and spiritual (?)
This past February, the seven-part video series honoring Carl Sagan and his contributions to science was released, attracting the attention…
The big bang
Peter Manseau reviews Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution.