In this article I hope to shed some light on those areas in which behavioral biology actually has a lot to say about the religious experience.
With a more robust view of time, we can rest as well as work because both add qualitative value to our lives.
What if there was a way to spatially communicate the progression of feelings we experience within the different parts of liturgy?
How can I preserve my cultural heritage – steeped in ancestral worship, astrology, and polytheism – when it sometimes conflicts with my spiritual beliefs?
The issue is that we, as post-Emergent Church Worshipers, seem to view corporate worship as dependent upon our emotional response to it.
“Avodah” is a Hebrew word that means both work and worship, and it represents the desire of the journal’s staff to integrate their work as students — learning to be critical thinkers — with honoring God.
Love is not about the show and discipline of religious habits, but about the raw, arduous, and messy everyday work of justice.
