Reason And Faith In Copenhagen

Bill McKibben, 12.14.2009

Bill McKibben, Author, Deep Economy and The End of Nature, co-founder, 350.org

I've spent the last few years working more than full time to organize the first big global grassroots climate change campaign. That's meant shutting off my emotions most of the time.

When Success in Business = Failure as a Human Being

Vivian Norris de Montaigu, 12.14.2009

Based in Paris and holds a PhD in Cinema Studies

Business can allow human beings to fulfill their creative potential. It can provide great benefit to society. But it can also be used to promote falsehoods which end up hurting us all in the end.

Celebrating Kwanzaa With Maya Angelou (VIDEO)

M.K. Asante, Jr., 12.14.2009

Award-winning Author, Filmmaker, and Professor

Although Kwanzaa is a holiday that celebrates African and African-American culture, people of any ethnic background can and do celebrate it, just like people participate in Cinco de Mayo besides Mexicans.

Please Don't Wish Me a Merry Christmas!

Abby L. Ferber, 12.12.2009

Scholar and Author

While it may not seem like a big deal that someone wishes me a "Merry Christmas," for non-Christians like myself, this time of year can be anything but merry.

Oh My God: God Is Vast, Personal and Present

Rev. Bonnie Rose, 12.11.2009

In truth, no one knows what God is. But does that have to scare us into creating a cranky creator?

Why I Am Not Enlightened

Eliezer Sobel, 12.11.2009

Author, musician, retreat leader.

I finally figured out why I'm not enlightened. Over 30 years ago, when I had just made the proverbial first step on a "journey of a thousand miles" I heard the following well-known tale...

Obama's Just War and Deaf Ears

Sunil Adam, 12.15.2009

Editor, "The Indian American"

The "just war" theory essentially seeks to reconcile Jesus Christ's turn-the-other-cheek principle with the secular need of nations to wage war.

Jung's Secret Red Book

Lama Surya Das, 12.11.2009

Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Lamas in the Buddhist tradition, has been an integral p ...

"My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you----are you there?" Don't these simple questions somehow resonate deeply? Aren't they timeless, evergreen, universal?

Spirit Of Peace In All: Part I

John Morton, 12.11.2009

Through his warmth, loving and gentle humor, John Morton has a unique ability to help others see the ...

Leigh Taylor-Young and I participated recently in the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia. Nelson Mandela attended that Parliament and spoke of his debt to religion throughout his life.

Be The Light This Chanukah!

Jason Mannino, 12.12.2009

Career Coach, Life Coach, Speaker/Trainer, Founder: The People Agenda

Choosing to dwell on adversity is a choice. Pervasive throughout this darkness are bright lights that shine inwardly and outwardly. The holidays are celebrations of light and joy over triumph and adversity.

The Uncertain Future of Mainline Christianity

Jonathan Merritt, 12.10.2009

Faith and Culture Writer; Author of "Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet"

When American soldiers returned from World War II, the so-called mainline churches were pillars of Protestantism in the United States. (The six denomi...

Manhattan Declaration Unlikely to Inspire Young Christians

Jonathan Merritt, 12.10.2009

Faith and Culture Writer; Author of "Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet"

This piece was recently posted on the Newsweek / Washington Post "On Faith" blog regarding the Manhattan Declaration and the possibility of it inspiri...

Imagining a World Where the Bible No Longer Exists

Jonathan Merritt, 12.10.2009

Faith and Culture Writer; Author of "Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet"

Many people believe that we are quickly approaching the day in which the Bible no longer exists...at least in book form. Lisa Miller of Newsweek write...

Only in America: Ambassador Sichan Siv - From the Killing Fields to the White House

Jim Luce, 12.12.2009

Thought Leaders and Global Citizens

I first met Ambassador Sichan Siv in 2004. He spoke on surviving Pol Pot's Killing Fields in Cambodia - and coming to America. He ended up working in the White House and then the United Nations.

Least-Known Jewish Miracles

Mark C. Miller, 12.10.2009

Humorist

Almost everyone is familiar with the story of the miracle of Chanukah. So much emphasis is given to the miracle of Chanukah, however, that we understandably lose sight of the multitude of other miracles.

Sell Off The Yarmulkes, Here Comes Chanukah!

Lita Smith-Mines, 12.10.2009

Attorney and Editor in Chief, Boating Times Long Island

Anyone who doubts in the unraveling of the middle class is welcome to join my Chanukah celebration this year. Just please bring the latkes, no-drip candles, and some presents for the kids.

Rediscovering Values: A Book I Didn't Plan to Write

Jim Wallis, 12.10.2009

Founder of Sojourners; speaker, author, activist

I am an Evangelical Christian. What does that mean? In part, I believe that Christmas, the celebration of Christ's birth, is good news. Not just t...

Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard

David A. Love, 12.09.2009

Writer and human rights advocate based in Philadelphia

As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.

Exploring the Stanley Hotel with The Ghost Hunters

Kamran Pasha, 12.10.2009

Hollywood filmmaker, author of "Mother of the Believers"

Is there life after death? This is perhaps the most fundamental question of the human condition. Is consciousness a phenomenon that is created by th...

The Best Books of the Decade

Anis Shivani, 12.10.2009

Writer

Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence will be interpreted by clueless reviewers as one about "obsession," just as they might view Nabokov's Lolita to be about "pedophilia."

Huckabee Seduced By Cop Killer's Christianity?

Valerie Tarico, 12.09.2009

Author of "The Dark Side: How Evangelical Teachings Corrupt Love and Truth," and founder, WisdomCommons.org

Since Clemmons was pardoned by Mike Huckabee, the presidential hopeful who has made fundamentalist religion the center of his politics, I couldn't help wondering if religion played a part.