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Songs For Passing
For millennia, music has marked moments of transition in our lives.
When Success is Still Challenging
Even if you’re deeply secure in your Jewish identity, Christmastime reminds Jews that it’s simply not easy to be a minority culture that needs to respond to the majority culture’s assumptions.
Debugging Ritual: A Conversation With Dr. David DeSteno
What job does ritual get done?
Becoming a ‘Jewish Optimist’ in COVID Times
How can Jewish practice and culture encourage more playfulness, rest and hope?
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?
Is Morality About Cooperation?
Morality-as-cooperation is pushing researchers in moral psychology to think more rigorously about the evolutionary background and specific processes that might give rise to moral sentiments.
What Does It Mean to Make a Choice?
What does it mean when we make a choice, or when we say we like or dislike something?
“God” and “Religion” Aren’t the Same
Religion is a human endeavor, and so different religions will have different ways to reach those goals.
A Computer Model of Atheism?
The Modeling Religion Project at the Center for Mind and Culture in Boston uses computer simulations to refine and compare theories of religion, cognition, and culture.