Articles, Audios, and More . . .The Future of ReligionCan the world’s great religions meet the challenges of the twenty-first century?As the world evolves, as knowledge grows, and as life conditions change, we change. For religion to remain relevant and effective as a source of spiritual guidance and support for billions of people, it too must change. But today, the world’s great religions find themselves at a critical juncture. Adhering to values and beliefs that are often thousands of years old, they are finding it increasingly difficult to provide the spiritual guidance and moral authority necessary to face the challenges of modern society. So the question is: Can the great religious traditions of the world reinvent themselves in order to address the needs and hopes of a complex, materialistic, and increasingly secular twenty-first-century world? We like to think they can …
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 What Is Enlightenment? is a valuable tool in this new age of the third millennium, in which the process of awakening seems to be accelerating for a large number of people. Opening up the important issues of our time related to the spiritual life, it has a way of going to the heart of the matter.
Brother Wayne Teasdale, Ph.D. |
Can the World’s Great Religions Evolve?
Some of the world’s leading religious and spiritual visionaries speak about the possibilities and potential for religion’s role in an enlightened future.
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Reverend Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Spiritual Center, speaks with WIE editor in chief Andrew Cohen about the evolution of the divine principle. |
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Read why one of the most revered scholars of world religion thinks that, in the face of apocalyptic times, our future salvation may be out of this world. |
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WIE speaks with scholar of Asian religions Mary Evelyn Tucker about the future of religion in a rapidly changing world. |
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What would “spirituality appropriate” to our rapidly evolving times look like? Ken Wilber and Andrew Cohen consider new religious structures and the potential they have for bringing people together in a context that transcends the individual. |
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Health and wellness icon Deepak Chopra and Sikh spokesman/leader Mohinder Singh spoke with WIE editor Carter Phipps about the need for change and adaptation within the religious traditions—as well as the pursuit of good old-fashioned virtue. |
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“In Descartes's fall, we sinned all.” A world-famous religious scholar and spiritual practitioner critiques science's overreach of its rightful grasp. |
Envisioning the Religion of the Future
Encounter some of the most dedicated religious scholars and interfaith activists, representing progressive Christianity, Jewish Renewal, Liberal Islam, and Modern Hinduism. These spiritual pioneers speak passionately about religion’s untapped potential to contribute—and even lead—our spiritual and cultural evolution.
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Michael Dowd, former Evangelical minister, believes that as we integrate the story of cosmogenesis into our lives a worldwide spiritual revival will occur. |
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WIE founder Andrew Cohen spoke with Brahma Kumari world director Dadi Janki at the 2004 Parliament of the World's Religions. |
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Mary Evelyn Tucker, Earth Charter advocate and world religions professor, discusses the powerful potential relationship between religion and ecology. |
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WIE sought out world renowned primatologist and conservation activist Jane Goodall to speak with her about the challenges facing us today, not only as human beings in the 21st century, but as the caretakers of a complex, living entity called Earth. |
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Pakistani-American writer and social critic Dr. Munawar Anees brings his balanced perspective and personal passion to a discussion on the future of Islam in the globalized world. His view encompasses the history, religion, culture, and politics of both East and West, joining them together in a vision of understanding and cooperation for the future. |
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WIE spoke with nuclear disarmament activist Jonathan Granoff to find out how he thinks religion can help shape our future. |
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WIE spoke with Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to find out what he thinks the future of Islam could be. |
