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Following last time’s reflections on the contemporary relevance of the Bhagavad Gita, it feels natural to turn to Chapter 2, which condenses the essence of the Gita into one powerful conversation. It ...

Modern life can make it tempting to return to simpler times, like a 16th-century Spanish convent. In the new book Convent Wisdom, academics Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita look to the writings of ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to scholars Ana Garriga and Carmen Urbita about their new book on nuns, "Convent Wisdom," and what we can learn from them. Modern life is full of pressure - deadlines, ...

Several years ago, on a casual clear-my-head walk around my neighborhood, I noticed a crow watching me. I paused. I looked more closely. Something in her shiny black eye revealed an intelligence I had ...

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I don’t know about you, but I recall always being told, growing up, about the importance of wisdom—as some kind of life-learning objective, as if it were the pinnacle of cognitive development. There’s ...

Many Catholic thinkers have drawn their wisdom from the contemplative silence of the cloister. Others throughout history have navigated the intrigues of royal courts, from the Council of Trent to the ...