Pluralism In Lights Ubiquitous in American imagery—this place, in its many moods, seasons, eras—stands as symbolic as any location on earth. Where dreams are chased, capitalism teeters on excess, the bustling overwhelm of modern life either wears you out or leaves you starstruck. It’s the crossroads of the world — okay, perhaps a bit ethnocentric—it’s America’s town square. It sounds like a riddle: the most quintessential backdrop in New York, where few New Yorkers care to go. You’re traveling from... Read more

Artificial Intelligence and the Religious Studies Classroom   Ask E.B. Tylor what religion is and he would say it is, “belief in Spiritual Beings.” Ask William James and he will tell you it is the “feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude.” Ask Catherine L. Albanese, and she would say it is “a system of symbols (creed, code, cultus) by means of which people (a community) orient themselves in the world with reference to both ordinary and... Read more