A collection of 125 posts
Generations of Indigenous children were forcibly sent to church- and government-run residential schools, which systematically stripped away their culture and language.
A host of experiences answering the same question across Egypt had me braced for a look of pained disappointment.
Protestantism was a movement of protest against the Catholic Church and the severing of ties with its centralised, hierarchical institutions.
But what happens when a woman who has worn a niqab, sometimes for years, makes the decision to leave it behind?
They provide deep, time-tested channels through which transpersonal energies can flow.
What is he? A man or a woman? Why should women wear headscarves, that is, the hijab? I ended up asking, Was the Prophet Muhammad real?”
‘Islamism’ seems to offer the possibility of distinguishing Islam, the religion of over a billion Muslims, from the actions and ideas of violent movements that act in its name.
Soon after, politicians at the upper echelons of the Canadian government rushed to express outrage at the incident, even though details remained scant.
The fundamental Buddhist dictum is that “life is suffering” and that the only way of transcending this suffering is to face up to it squarely.
A failed hero is a young person who finds that chaos insurmountable, and is swallowed by its overwhelming force.
The mourning traditions of earlier cultures prescribed precise patterns of behavior that facilitated the public expression of grief and provided support for the bereaved.
Muslim women are fighting stridently within their communities, but their fight doesn’t tread the same path as secular Western feminism.
There are nonbelievers, though, who turn to the Bible for advice and inspiration and are “cultural Christians” in a deeper sense.
In a world where blank-slatism, anti-vaccine rhetoric, myths about the effects of parenting, and climate change denial persist and even thrive.
Transferring guilt across generations from ancient ancestors to their heirs was highly convenient for religious authorities.