Although no overtly theological or religious material is in the film  Awake (2007) because greed itself is the real antagonist, idolatry (s...

By 2026, the world hardly needed any convincing regarding the strident zeal for endless vengeance in the Middle East, given the genocide sti...

Sometimes it pays to go behind a piece of writing to conduct a genealogy of the writer himself or herself, rather than to dive into the writ...

Whereas an ethical critique of war appeals to an ethical principle, typically that is against humans being harmed, especially the innocent, ...

During the High Middle Ages, Troubadour poetry composed primarily in southern Europe included themes including of courtly love, which became...

A contemporary scholar of Chinese philosophy wrote, “myths often contain an element of historical truth, and what passes for historical trut...

Religion plays a prominent role in the film,  Lykke-Per , or A Fortunate Man (2018). On the surface, Peter Sidenius, a young engineer, must...

In late April, 2025, Richard Slavin, whose Hindu name and title are Radhanath Swami, spoke on the essence of  bhukti  at the conclusion of t...

At Harvard’s Bhukti Yoga Conference in 2025, Ed Anobah spoke on  dharma  (right-acting) leadership as a means of making progress in solving ...

As biological animals, we are genetically and even behaviorally programmed to be self-centered, even though we can “self-program” to overrid...

One of the leitmotifs of the four Christian Gospels is the surprising value of peripheries even over people who are up front, whether politi...

Hinduism is a polytheist religion whereas Christianity is monotheist. Many gods versus one seems like a clear distinction, and I submit that...

In the movie, Boy Erased (2018), the director of a church’s conversion therapy program invites the immediate family members of one gay bo...

The film,   Paul: The Apostle of Christ   (2018), carries great weight theologically in that Paul describes a very particular kind of l...

Although servanthood is a very important biblical concept for leadership, according to Richard Higginson, the role of servant “is not reser...

“A Memphis megachurch pastor received standing ovation during a church service on Sunday after he admitted that he had engaged in a ‘sexual...

With the U.N. having “denounced the murder, rape and pillaging of the Rohingya in western Myanmar as ethnic cleansing,” Pope Francis had to...

Is it biblical to say a Christian can serve both God and money? In the Gospels, Jesus speaks to this point directly; it is not possible. In...

Is religion so pliable that it can be contorted against itself “with a straight face?” That is to say, does the human mind lack the machine...

Credibility is absolutely essential to viable leadership, whether in religion, politics, or business. A leader who undercuts one of his or ...