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100 Years of Science Fiction in the Islamicate World
Science fiction provides us insight into how Muslim societies perceive themselves – and they see possibilities for the future.
Racism and the Professional Class
Who benefits from the policies white progressives are advocating? Are we fighting for racial justice, or for someone else’s justice? Or for no one’s? Until I know, I will be slow to speak and quick to question orthodoxies.
COVID-19 and the Future of Ethical Imagination
How do we build more a just and compassionate world during the COVID-19 crisis?
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.
Somatic Experiencing in a Pandemic
We can support our mindfulness practice with what neuroscientists and other biophysiologists will tell us, and also what spiritual traditions tend to appreciate, which is that we are wondrously made, or magnificently evolved, as, in a way, self-healing organisms.
Realities on the Ground for Science and Faith Amidst COVID-19
In the midst of COVID-19, how have faith communities been grappling with questions of access and justice?
If You Build It…
I kept waking up at night with the image of field hospitals in my head and thinking, “We’re going to have to build field hospitals.” My only experience with field hospitals was watching M*A*S*H* and seeing news reports from other countries in crisis.
Did God “Let” COVID-19 Happen?
Why does God allow suffering?
The Essential Chaplain
“Caring for the least of these” is still the kind of neighbor love that is called for, but what does that look like during a pandemic?
Four Spiritual Practices for a Global Pandemic
One way, at least, that I’ve experienced heaven in this last week or two has been to realize that there’s so much to worry about that I can’t afford to engage in that process much at all.. And so about a week ago, I just simply said “You know what? There’s way too much to worry about, therefore I’m just not going to worry.”
Scientific Conflict About the Coronavirus Lockdown
There is a unique danger of data wonkishness: putting so much stock in scientific abstractions that reality itself becomes invisible.