Tag: Religion and society
The 5,000-year history of writer’s block
Joyce Kinkead, Utah State University
Ann Patchett, who has written eight novels and five books of nonfiction, says that...
‘Animism’ recognizes how animals, places and plants have power over humans...
Justine Buck Quijada, Wesleyan University
A movement known as “new animism,” which seeks to secure personhood rights for nonhuman...
Native Americans’ decades long struggle for control over sacred lands is...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans?
When you’re questioning your faith after being hurt by your religious...
Christine D. Gonzales-Wong, Texas A&M-San Antonio
For the past few months, religion has never been far from U.S. headlines.
Supreme Court to revisit LGBTQ rights – this time with a...
Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton
A simmering, difficult, and timely question returns to the Supreme Court this fall:...
Burning Man highlights the primordial human need for ritual
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
At the end of each summer, hordes of people flock to the Black Rock...
Why virtue signaling isn’t the same as virtue – it actually...
Christopher Beem, Penn State
In a speech on July 23, 2022, before the Conservative Political Action Committee, or CPAC,...
Ukraine’s war has shattered some friendships and family ties – but...
Greta Uehling, University of Michigan
War does more than displace civilians, or kill them. When wars are waged in...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
