Out of the Depths: Denialism, Nihilism, and the Possibility of Ecological Civilization By Catherine Keller At this moment in this prematurely aging new year, with Omicron omnipresent, I do not want to discuss the virus. You already know it reveals environmental imbalance, social injustice, global interdependence. Instead, I want to Read more
Knowing What Is True? Between Science and Belief By Dion Forster After a somewhat “rebellious” childhood, I began to feel a strong sense of calling to the priesthood as I approached the end of high school. However, my parents were less convinced of my calling, partly because they were not Read more
My Schedule is Full: Boundaries on the Bountiful By Anna Mercedes I first thought my life was entirely too full to write this blog! Then I decided on second thought to write about that initial instinct—because it is significant. It reflects a new spiritual strategy that I’m practicing for social Read more
Conformation and Transformation: Two Ways of Thinking about the World By John Thatamanil Two warring impulses operate in the world’s religious and wisdom traditions—within as well as across them. Echoes of these impulses can be felt also in secular traditions, but here, I focus largely on religious expressions. One impulse Read more
On COP26 and the Need for Parareligion By Justine M. Bakker Earlier this November, thousands of people—country leaders and activists, climate experts and NGOs—traveled to Glasgow for COP26, the 26th annual UN global Climate Summit. As world leaders were debating inside and negotiating an agreement that many criticized as, to Read more
Telescopes, Blind Spots, and Future Horizons on Mauna Kea By Greg Johnson This post pertains to the TMT project on Mauna Kea (Hawai`i), which the author has written about on this forum previously. For important background and analysis of the dispute, see this forum in Radical History Review. On 4 Read more
The End of Truth? Different Ways of Knowing Modernity with Max Weber and Rudolf Steiner By Aaron French The term “Post-truth” emerged in the context of the 2016 United States presidential election, quickly gaining in popularity as a way to describe a crisis of authority regarding the production of legitimate Read more
Berl-Berl and the Normality of Animism By Kocku von Stuckrad From July through September 2021, the legendary Berghain Club in Berlin was the site of an extraordinary immersive installation by the Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen: Berl-Berl, named after the ancient Slavic word for swamp, and also the linguistic—and physical—origin Read more
Epistemologies of Grief: Toward a More Inclusive Broken Heart By Jenny Veninga My childhood involved going to a lot of funerals, or at least it felt that way. Many of those services were for human members of my extended family—aunts and uncles and then all of my grandparents. But I Read more
Extinction Rebellion and the Ritualization of Climate Grief: Performing Species Loss and Putting Climate Justice on the Agenda By Marion Grau Leading up to the Norwegian general election on 13 September 2021, Extinction Rebellion Norway and Sweden engaged in a week-long festival of ‘Nordic Rebellion.’ It included a variety of Read more