Jas Chana is a freelance journalist and a graduate student enrolled in the Religious Studies program at New York University. He writes about new religious developments and the role of religion in the…
The student of theology revels in the grandeur, emotion and beauty of a clear moment of human interconnectedness. It is the student of ethics, however, that lets her eyes wander further beyond the pitch. With that drift the existential beauty becomes more complicated; potentially tragic.
Younger people are surrounded by vivid and accessible myths, like Avatar, that have taken the place of the Bible’s traditional role in providing the framework and role models for our lives.