This essay was my senior thesis for my religious studies B.A. I decided to focus on Native American spirituality because of a course I took that fall with Jacquelyn Bralove, who had lived and worked on the Navajo reservation for five years. (This led to my time spent volunteering on the reservation for the next [...]

A while ago, I found the “Life & Music” animation1 (from the creators of South Park and based on the teachings of Alan Watts) and posted them on my classroom blog. This weekend, Boing Boing pointed to a collection of these videos, all from the same creators, all based on Alan Watts’ lectures.

They’re [...]

If you haven’t already seen it, there’s a great article in the New York Times’ Magazine called “Darwin’s God.” It spells out the various sides of an ongoing scientific debate about why religious beliefs are so pervasive across time and culture. It’s long, but well worth the read.
Here’s my diigo highlights and annotations.