There are several different meanings of the words 'religion' and 'spirituality,' all of which are important. The whole point about an integral or comprehensive approach is that it must find a way to believably include all of those important meanings in a coherent whole.

I began my previous Beliefnet column with the line, 'Throughout history, religion has been the single greatest source of human-caused wars, suffering, and mise…

Human beings undergo psychological development. At each level or stage of development, they will see the world in a different way. Hence, each level of develop…

If you are talking to me about your new car, you are the first person, I am the second person, and the car is the third person. These pronouns actually represe…

Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something. Only faith is sufficient. The Fuhrer in Nuremberg said: 'Woe to him who does not believe!' He who d…

When you don't see Jesus for exactly what he was, you miss the whole point of the Jesus Prayer. If you don't understand Jesus, you can't understand his prayer …

Although I came to doubt all revelation, I can never accept the idea that the Universe is a physical or chemical accident, a result of blind evolution. Even th…