August 2010
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Tai Chi Informs an Understanding of Religion...
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
“L’art du combat avec son ombre” (photo: Frank Taillandier/Flickr)
Over at The Walrus Blog, David Rusack writes a smart and creative reflection on how his training in a specific martial art form of tai chi (Chen-style chuan) has provided a structure that allows him to see with better-informed eyes the parallels with religious traditions and that...
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A Church Divided, Together: The ELCA One Year...
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Science, Religion, and Splitting Infinity
by Eric Nelson, guest contributor
Robbie and Leigh in Jamie Pachino’s Splitting Infinity at San Jose Rep. (photo: Robert Shomler)
Serving as a spokesperson for Christian Science, much of my time is spent correcting inaccuracies and misconceptions about my faith that appear in the daily press and, rarely but occasionally, the entertainment media. In one particular instance, however, I was...
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Prayer to Shiva
by Shubha Bala, associate...
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"Rabbi's Beard Doesn't Make Cut" →
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
If the U.S. military will bend the rules and allow a Sikh man to graduate as an officer and serve without cutting his hair or beard, then this Chabad Lubavitch rabbi will be permitted to serve in the U.S. Army Reserve Chaplaincy in due time. Non?
“It’s very frustrating. I’m not asking them to bend any rules, but, rather, do what’s been...
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“If you were the one who had metastatic cancer—or, for that matter, a similarly...”
– -Atul Gawande in “Letting Go”, New Yorker
Ever since I joined Speaking of Faith, there has been editorial talk about wanting wise voices on death, or more specifically, end-of-life. Recently we came across this insightful article in the New Yorker, and a follow-up interview on Fresh...
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A Silent Burial for My Family Who "Disappeared"
by Maria del Sol Crocker, guest contributor
The author’s brother, first on the left with leather jacket, at wedding with Peronist Youth shortly before he disappeared. (courtesy of Maria del Sol Crocker)
I was born in Argentina, and came here after my marriage. Crocker is my married name; my original surname is Curia. My sister, Gloria Constanza Curia, and my brother Fernando Ramiro Curia,...
