New Age

Can Algorithms Satisfy the Human Need for Ritual?

The Startup Wife, a buzzy new novel, has been hailed as a serious exploration of modern spirituality. All it explores is a tech-fantasy of hyper-individualism and personal fulfillment.

Tara Isabella Burton
Aug. 24 2021 12:01AM

The Problem of (Jewish) Positive Thinking

The belief that we can manifest good wishes and look inwards to find God has a long history in the United States. Its influence has left many of the nation’s Jews deluded.

Tara Isabella Burton
Oct. 13 2020 12:01AM

Why There's No Word in the Hebrew Bible for "Spirituality"

For Judaism, the outward life of religious behavior comes first.

Philologos
Aug. 22 2018 12:01AM

The Line Separating Scientific Empiricism from the Pursuit of the Irrational Is Not So Clear as Steven Pinker Would Like It to Be

Smug secularism, curiosity, and the Enlightenment.

Ross Douthat
Feb. 28 2018 12:01AM

A New Book Marks a Trend of Orthodox Jews Embracing New Age Fads

A ḥaredi rabbi endorses quackery.

Ben Rothke
July 11 2017 12:01AM

Anti-Semitism Watch

Classic conspiracy theories of Jewish global dominion have found a new home among the anti-Western, anti-capitalist dogmas of New Age spiritualism.

Karen Harradine
Sept. 18 2013 12:00AM