A conversation about Margaret Atwood's “Handmaid’s Tale” captures the wonder of witnessing historic change in the moment.
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Exhausted, we all sat down for dinner at the end of a whirlwind day that had spanned two continents. Our jet-lagged group included Republican lawmakers, the chief policy voice for a major evangelical organization, and a couple of folks like me with ties to the right-leaning non-profit that had helped…
Daisy Hernández has spent the last four years researching Chagas disease, a heart condition afflicting about 7 million people primarily in Latin America. But she has also learned about the heart’s metaphorical condition — and what happens we we stop seeing each other’s hearts.
Fragility and vulnerability are rare qualities in today’s political climate. But perhaps that — above all else — is what connects us to each other.
It takes power and privilege to dictate the terms of a cultural conversation. Miguel Clark Mallet writes in defense of backtalk and the critical perspectives it brings forward.
In times of anxiety, distraction, and dissonance, it can take courage to turn away — to ground yourself in the focused anger needed to bring about change.
Acknowledging and honoring the emotions, passions, and pain of fellow citizens may not be the solution to ideological polarization, but it is the beginning of an antidote — one that is critical to building the America we yearn to see.
We think of it as a spiritual practice, but in truth, mindfulness meditation is an exercise in cognitive self-examination. On the Buddhist practice as a powerful tool for all — for understanding ourselves and our enemies with more depth and compassion.
Sharon Salzberg on how to relate to the people whose views we find repugnant and frightening and with whom we can’t imagine standing on common ground.
December 13, 2017
Where Do We Go From Here? Twelve Points to Ponder After President Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration
Following the president's decision to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem, our columnist reminds us that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a simple question of theology. It is wrapped up in political, historical, and colonialist motivations that prevent the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities from reaching a peace in the holy city that all can share.
December 6, 2017
The Characterization of Sufism as a Separate Sect Within Islam Is Inaccurate and Problematic
Omid Safi explores the harmful good Sufi/bad Muslim construct in the way we talk about Islam — and calls for a greater understanding of the true breadth of the spectrum of Islamic thought.
Can nations apologize for harm they've caused? A human rights scholar delves into the philosophical quandary of collective atonement.
Rather than focusing on what's beyond the limits of ordinary experience, we might be better served focusing on what's within.
American politics is caught between two competing ideologies: Nietzsche's doctrine of strength and power over weakness, and the Judeo-Christian ethics of humility and compassion for the weak. A young theologian seeks to understand American civil religion.
Might our obsession with every tweet and news bite be too much? The difference between misguided fixation and engaged awareness — and how to redirect our attention to what really matters.
In the wake of the attacks in Manchester, an artist’s impassioned appeal to the West to cast off the scourge of collective responsibility for terrorism — and embrace the world's 1.8 billion Muslims as partners not adversaries in the battle against extreme violence.
A loving ode to an exemplar of old-school hard work and generosity, and a model for public life in our time.
A young man sets a resolution for himself, and for us: to engage deeply with those on the other side, not with the goal of being right, but to recognize the desire for good that we all share.
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