“I was unprepared for my friendship with Dr. Norman Wall,” writes longtime religion reporter Mark Pinsky (seated). Credit: Sarah M. Brown. More

“To be conscious is to be part of a larger whole,” the author writes. “This interrelational characteristic has spiritual implications.” The image above is part of a series of divination cards intended to help viewers access their inner intuition. Understanding this and other levels of awareness More

Timothy Bruehl ( artistincalifornia.com ) In Capital, the authors write, Marx transformed the critique of religion he inherited from Feuer-bach into a critique of commodity fetishism, money fetishism, and capital fetishism—the earthly forms of alienation evoked in this painting, Wall Street More

“To break free of feeling numb and powerless around Gaza,” Somerson writes, “I needed to confront my memories of being unable to prevent the violence that I witnessed as a child.” Illustration by Travis Jaworski. Travis Jaworski ( tjaworksi.com ) More

Rae Abileah Social transformation, the author writes, must involve the “holy no” of protest, structural change, and consciousness-shifting cultural work. Here, Ariel Vegosen dons a white hazmat suit to protest Monsanto and Saria Idana performs Homeless in Homeland , a solo dance and spoken word More

Rae Abileah Social transformation, the author writes, must involve the “holy no” of protest, structural change, and consciousness-shifting cultural work. Here, Ariel Vegosen dons a white hazmat suit to protest Monsanto and Saria Idana performs Homeless in Homeland , a solo dance and spoken word More

Ruben Cukier ( rubencukierart.com ) “In liberalism,” the author writes, “the social world in front of us is perceived as a vast collection of individuals, each pursuing his or her own chosen destiny.” The isolating quality of this worldview is evoked in this untitled painting by Ruben Cukier. More

Ana Levy-Lyons’s new book on the politics of the Ten Commandments adds another dimension to the creative thinking about God and politics that has appeared in her writings in Tikkun and in the writing of other creative theologians we have published in our pages. More

Shutterstock “Jubilee was God’s alternative to the empire, to Wall Street, and to the patterns of injustice,” Claiborne writes. More

Creative Commons “Because the spirit is always whole, there is no designation of some people as able and others as disabled,” Lovern writes. More

“The deficiencies of the leaderless, structureless ideal became apparent a long time ago,” Eisenstein writes. Leaderless by Olivia Wise. Olivia Wise ( oliviawisestudio.com ) More