Cory Foster | March 31, 2011

One of my favorite television programs is an animated series called Futurama. It follows the life of a late-20’s slacker named Fry who finds himself …

Bill Bornschein | March 28, 2011

The Christian observance of the season of Lent, the period of spiritual preparation leading up to Easter Sunday, is inaugurated by the sacramental known as …

Kirby Farrell | March 24, 2011

Instead of grumbling about violence in media and the movies, lets consider what sort of work it’s doing. Granted, this is the United States, where …

Daniel Liechty | March 21, 2011

The most recent Point of Inquiry podcast was a very interesting discussion about the increased use of the term “spiritual” to describe oneself, as opposed …

Kirby Farrell | March 18, 2011

You’re not fooled. You read the news. You know that “the unemployment rate” is higher than it’s been in decades. Chances are, you also recognize …

Daniel Liechty | March 14, 2011

One of my students recently posed an interesting question. Does Ernest Becker’s idea about the denial of mortality and death being at the root of …

Henry Richards | March 10, 2011

In mid- November, I was with my spouse wandering around (and around) Tahrir square and thereabouts, lost trying to find the Egyptian Museum. That led …

Kirby Farrell | March 7, 2011

Think for a moment about what slavery is. No, not just black folks in chains all their waking lives, but slavery as control of another …