In a time of global uncertainty, Rev. Dr. Alton B. Pollard III stresses the need for unshakeable spiritual leadership.
Emancipatory Spirituality
The Spiritual Challenge of AI, Trans-Humanism, and the Post-Human World
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Kabir Helminski writes about the need for human spiritual development in our increasingly technological age.
Emancipatory Spirituality
Thomas Merton, America Has Need of You
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According to John Smelcer, America needs more people like Thomas Merton who realize that protest is essential to democracy.
Spiritual Politics
Hanukah is NOT Hypocrisy–Despite What the NY Times Published on Sunday, Dec. 2nd
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Rabbi Michael Lerner refutes a recent NY Times article by reminding us of the meaning of Chanukah: to reject the dominant sociopolitical systems.
Judaism
For the Sins–a contemporary version of atonement on Yom Kippur and all year round–and not just for Jews!
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Rabbi Michael Lerner shares a beautiful, non-denominational prayer in the spirit of healing and transforming our world.
Economy/Poverty/Wealth
A Conversation with Rev. Barber, chair of the Poor People’s Campaign
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Rabbi Michael Lerner and Cat Zavis in conversation with Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Reverend William Barber on justice, civil disobedience, and inspiring people to moral activism.
Spirituality
Reb Zalman, Neo-Hasidism, and Inter-Religious Engagement
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How Zalman’s teachings can inform our own spiritual practices across religious traditions.
Spirituality
Participation and the Mystery
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Spiritual cocreation, participatory pluralism, relaxed spiritual universalism, participatory epistemology, the integral bodhisattva, and much more.
Gender_&_Sexuality
Reflections on Theology from an Anglo-Jewish Feminist Perspective
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Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology by Carol P Christ and Judith Plaskow.
US Politics
Seeing through the Wall
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The creation of, Seeing through the Wall, a documentary; American Jews visit the occupied territories.
32.4 Fall
Creating the Nonviolent Peace Force
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An activist reviews Waging Peace by David Hartsrough
32.3 Summer
Why Muslims Must Help Counter Totalitarian Islamism
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Muslims can, must counter Islamic Extremism
Activism
A Call for Love in the Face of Hatred: Rabbi Lerner’s talk at Muhammad Ali’s Memorial
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In case you who missed it, here’s Rabbi Lerner’s talk at Muhammed Ali’s funeral. His vision is all the more relevant given the horrific killings in Orlando and the way it is being used to promote fear, hatred and Islamophobia. It has gone viral on social media and inspired over a million people already. If it inspires you as well, please read below for how to be an ally with Rabbi Lerner to help build the world he describes.
Spiritual Politics
To Transform the World, Think Like a Gardener
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Our social change organizations have internalized the destructive messages of mainstream society. It’s time to compost what’s not working.
2015
The Audience of the Future: Building the Religious Counterculture
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Secular society is narcissistically stuck in the now. As progressives, we must focus instead on how we’ll be viewed by future generations.