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Meditation is not religion, not spirituality—it’s a technology of upgrading the mind that can enrich one’s life, including one’s religious life. We’re used to the idea of physical fitness. Time to get used to the idea of contemplative fitness, and practice at least as diligently.

There are only two significant problems with that charge.

Megachurch pastors have mini publicity scuffle.

An Amnesty International report and new documentary shed light on religion’s role in anti-gay persecution in Africa.

The cliché that 9/11 “changed everything” is nowhere less true than in the post-9/11 impulse to declare war immediately. War was a choice as well as an echo: a choice Americans made, and an echo of how Americans have made decisions in times of previous conflict.

They still can’t change Republican minds.

Jacksonville’s recent mayoral election provides a perfect opportunity to explore the coded racism in tea party rhetoric.

A conversation with Teresa MacBain on her move from pastoring Christians to guiding the formation of godless communities at Harvard.

Is a black person’s life worth anything in America? Not as long as America remains “Exceptional.”

Of course, the right-wing groups that published false information are lining up to apologize!