The senior editor of Religion Dispatches sits down with Jacob Needleman, philosopher and author of the recent book, What is God.

Nityananda Prabhu traveled throughout Bengal making his humble appeal: “Give all your attention to Gauranga and you will be benefited beyond expectation. This is my request to you.”

Swami B. V. Tripurari offers a historical overview of the relationship between Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura and his brother, Lalita Prasada.

If self-interest, short-sightedness, and revenge formed the pinnacle of human aspirations, then we could rejoice that civilization has fulfilled its destiny.

Most neuroscientists, philosophers of the mind, and science journalists feel the time is near when we will be able to explain the mystery of human consciousness in terms of the activity of the brain. There is, however, a vocal minority of neurosceptics who contest this orthodoxy.

Religions derive their power and popularity in part from the ethical compass they offer. So why do so many faiths help perpetuate something that most of us regard as profoundly unethical: the oppression of women?

Maybe this is the New Atheists’ biggest problem: As living proof that religion isn’t a prerequisite for divisive fundamentalism, they are walking rebuttals to their own ideology.

With the economy forcing many Americans to sacrifice involuntarily, perhaps this is a chance to shift the country toward voluntary sacrifice and reassessment of value.

Why is it that we find positive qualities in practitioners of various spiritual disciplines that seem to be lacking amongst Gaudiya Vaishnavas?

Sri Jiva turned his back on this illusory world to tell us of another, which, as it turns out, is no more than this world when viewed through eyes anointed with divine love.

Eliezer Sobel muses on what it takes to make significant spiritual progress, and why so few do so.