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Harry Potter as Sacred Text

Joshua Mayo

Traditional contemplative practices are in right nowโ€”and not only with the religious and pan-spiritual types youโ€™d expect. Some self-professed humanists are also taking up forms of โ€œsecular spiritualityโ€ for...

Why the Humanities Must Remain Human (Or Die)

Joshua Mayo

Recently, MoMAโ€™s first poet laureate, Kenneth Goldsmith, received national attention for teaching a course at the University of Pennsylvania titled โ€œWasting Time on the Internet.โ€ The class was in...