Laudato Si’ – Becoming Painfully Aware
My latest article is now online at the State of Formation website discussing the new Laudato Si’ Papal Encyclical on the environment. Here’s an excerpt from the article. Francis sees scientific, ethical and...
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The Myth of Christian America and the Victory of 50s Capitalists
Religion Dispatches has a great story right now on how Christianity got hitched to capitalism in the 1950s–yes, that’s right, the 1950s, not the 1750s or even 1850s, but 1950s–and not for the...
A New Cosmopolitics – Religion Science and Spirit in Dialogue
As anyone who knows me can tell you, science and spirituality are both topics I am deeply fascinated in, and are topics I have written about in my academic practices, as well as...
A Scrapyard of Hindu Puppet Gods
There is something very creepy about the images that Roc Morin captured for his story about puppet designer and artist Ulhas Utkar, who makes many of the major figurines used for religious festivals...
Chinese Atheism and the Political Theology of the Dalai Lama Reincarnation
My latest piece just got published at the State of Formation website. In this piece, I look at some of the recent clashes between the 14th Dalai Lama and the Chinese state, and...
AAR 2015 Call for Papers
Well, it’s that time of year again. The American Academy of Religion has just announced their 2015 call for papers (CFP) for this year’s conference, which will take place from Nov 21-24 in...
