Content by 2017-2019 Sinai and Synapses Fellows (Page 2)
Why America Is Ripe for Election Conspiracy Theorizing
The psychological need for understanding the world is joined by two other needs that underlie conspiracism—feeling safe, and belonging to social groups that affirm or encourage self-respect.
Hate Needs a Vaccine
Hate needs a vaccine. As Dr. King Jr said, “the time is always right to do what is right”. Now is the right time.
Tree Roots in The Cosmos
We tend to think astrobiology as the search for alien life, but I consider it something quite different.
COVID-19 and Evil: A Test? A Plan? A Transgression?
How can we transform our meditations on the evil of the pandemic, from speculation about causes and goals, into a call to action?
From Grief to Holiness
Right now we are living with communal grief, if not also personal grief. It is hard to see our holiness, but it is there.
Counting During COVID
Perhaps we will remember this time by the actions we took, not the time spent in our homes. Perhaps we will measure this time in phone calls, in virtual connectivity, in mask-clad smiles.
Did God “Let” COVID-19 Happen?
Why does God allow suffering?
Finding Ourselves in the Stars
When we look up at the vastness of the universe, does that make us feel very small, or does it make us feel connected to something so much larger?
Can Liturgy Be Empirically Tested?
What happens in our bodies and in our brains when we join together in a communal liturgy, where people sing or dance or celebrate together?
Superheroes and Everyday Cyborgs
What is the interplay between the things that make us human and the things that make us superhuman?
What Does It Mean to be “Human”?
If humans aren’t self-contained units, what’s our responsibility to the other elements that we’re connected to?
Genetic Engineering For The Rest of Us
How we can teach so many of the complicated nuances of genetics to laypeople, clergy, students, and others who may be new to the big debates?