Books
Down in the Chapel
Religious Life in an American PrisonBy Joshua DublerFarrar, Straus and GirouxIn his classic work The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James muses that religion starts wit…Books
Polishing the Mirror
Polishing the Mirror: How to Live from Your Spiritual HeartBy Ram Dass with Rameshwar Das; Sounds True PublishingConsidering his long-standing advice to “be here now,” the spiritua…Books
The Distraction Addiction
Getting the Information You Need and the Communication You Want, Without Enraging Your Family, Annoying Your Colleagues, and Destroying Your SoulBy Alex Soojung-Kim PangLittle, Bro…Music
Tooth & Nail
Billy Bragg Cooking Vinyl Tooth & Nail is Billy Bragg’s first studio album in five years, and the self-defined anticapitalist “sherpa of heartbreak” comes through with yet anothe…Tags:
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The First Muslim
To do justice to a prophet’s story, a biographer must also be like a shadow puppeteer, using both skill and sensitivity to demonstrate how small gestures can project larger-than-li…Tags:
• Plants
Film
A Fierce Green Fire
Directed by Mark KitchellMark Kitchell’s documentary about the history of the environmental movement is both absorbing and surprisingly thorough, starting with the origins of the S…Tags:
• Ecology
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Q&A with Molly Melching
What has been your biggest challenge in organizing social change in Africa? When women started standing up to defend their rights in their communities, it often caused them more g…Music
Go with the Flow
Movement has the power to heal, to cultivate strength, and to nourish the mind–body connection. Try these DVDs to explore your own dynamic flow—all from the comfort of home. …Film
Free China: The Courage to Believe
Directed by Michael PerlmanThe crackdown in China on practitioners of the spiritual discipline of Falun Gong has been widely documented in the West. Michael Perlman’s film puts a p…Tags:
• Film Reviews