“A life of prayer is an absolutely universal human vocation,” said Cardinal Daniélou, which makes it a “political problem” as well. A child prays during Mass at the Regina Mundi Catholic Church in ...

With the publication of “Lamentations of Youth” (Belknap Press, 284 pages, $39.95) — selections from the notebooks of the philosopher and Kabbalah scholar Gershom Scholem between 1913 and 1920, ...

Laurie Wevers, left, 35, a mental health therapist and spiritual director from San Diego, and Tracy Bindel, 30, a law student and anti-racism activist from Boston, stand with a cardboard cutout of ...

The school’s replica mold of Martin Luther’s face reminds me that I’m readying the plaster for the tradition that bears his name.

Does mysticism have a place in quantum mechanics today, or is the idea that the mind plays a role in creating reality best left to philosophical meditations? Harvard historian Juan Miguel Marin argues ...

Mysticism is dying, and taking true religion with it. Monasteries have dwindled. Contemplative orders have declined. Our religious leaders no longer preach the renunciation of the world; our culture ...

There is no denying that the internet has laid bare the degree of ignorance and superstition increasingly holding sway in American life. From chemtrail theories to flat earth theories to the vogue for ...

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This interdisciplinary conference brings together theologians, philosophers, artists, art historians, historians, poets, musicians, literary scholars, and contemplative practitioners to examine the ...