The death of beloved American pop music artist Dolly Parton raises the question of where profound inspiration comes from. There are answers, both post-materialist and materialist.
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London newspaper highlights new book claiming science supports God’s existence
The French best-seller is being released in English.
The Economist’s materialist approach to covering ‘God’ and consciousness pokes fun, lacks balance
The leading news magazine exposes mainstream media’s barrenly secular treatment of religion and spirituality. It’s a disservice.
Religious scientists work in culture of “assumed atheism”
All scientists are non-religious? That’s a myth.
Philosopher foresees future “worship” of a conscious universe
Western philosophers and scientists are cautiously approaching spiritual descriptions of reality. Cosmopsychism is one possibility, Philip Goff posits.
Vast majority of Canadians think an afterlife is possible
Few Canadians completely rule out an afterlife, a survey finds. Among religious people, Jews are the least and evangelical Christians the most convinced there is life after death.
People with high self-control seek divine forgiveness
It seems that even among people with a belief in higher powers, seeking divine forgiveness is easier for some than for others.
Americans increasingly say they’re spiritual, not religious
When asked to define spirituality, roughly a quarter of respondents make references to religious elements, whereas a third define it as a belief in a higher power, the unseen or the otherworldly.
