In 1871, in “Democratic Vistas”, Walt Whitman wrote: “In the future of these States must arise poets immenser far, and make great poems of death.” Whitman was not talking about death, in and of itself, but rather of a deep spiritual transformation that he saw as necessary for the future of America – one that […]
Recently we’re seeing a rising tide of religious violence, directed against mosques, churches, synagogues – all leaving a trail of personal devastation and death in its wake. What’s going on? In a recent television interview with leaders from all three of these faiths, who have all been directly affected by murderous attacks against their denominations, […]