Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion Afterlife notions are mirrors of our cultural and social needs Our notions of heaven and the afterlife reflect what is valued in our Western culture–today it’s eternal youth, reunion with loved ones, and spiritual prowess. Continue Reading →
Can Societies Survive Without Religion? Historian-science writer, Nicholas Wade, in The Faith Instinct: How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures(2009) argues that no society could have existed without religion. Continue Reading →
Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture How has the mindfulness movement shaped current notions of meditation, spirituality, and Buddhism in the West? Continue Reading →
