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Telling the Vast and Complex Story of Religion in America

“To tell a more expansive story of American religion in all of its diversity, we must work together to plumb the plurality of religion in…

Jan 25, 2024

Telling the Vast and Complex Story of Religion in America

Jan 25, 2024

Heart Is a Drum

Free as a driving wheel Circling around your iron will See only what you feel Keeps you turning when you’re standing still

Sep 17, 2024

Leaving Aspen a photo out the airplane window by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Sep 17, 2024

grieve

“Grief is the price of love. Loving someone means that one day, there will be grieving. They will leave you, or you will leave them. The…

Aug 6, 2024

grieve

Aug 6, 2024

Beyond the rim of the seen

“My father has gone to join my mother and their elders just beyond the rim of the seen. And I am asking language to lead me to the bridge…

Jan 15, 2024

Beyond the rim of the seen

Jan 15, 2024

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

Jan 12, 2024

Stones and Flowers Retreat a photo of California Redwoods by Jonathan VanAntwerpen January 2024

Jan 12, 2024

Imagining The Immanent Frame

An Interview with Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Apr 14, 2023

From A Universe of Terms Religion in Visual Metaphor by Mona Oraby and Emilie Flamme. A photo by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Apr 14, 2023

Pastor Van

Pastor Van had a big beard, a big smile, a big laugh, a big voice. And, we would learn, a big heart.

Apr 11, 2023

Jonathan VanAntwerpen and Berton VanAntwerpen — Photo by Lisa Whiteman

Apr 11, 2023

Notes on Grief

“I wince now at the words I said in the past to grieving friends. ‘Find peace in your memories,’ I used to say…

Mar 26, 2023

Notes on Grief

Mar 26, 2023

Poetry Unbound

“Most people remember a poem because it reminds them of something: a grief of their own; a moment of love in their life…”

Feb 23, 2023

Poetry Unbound by Padraig O Tuama, a photo of the book’s cover by Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Feb 23, 2023

Rev. Berton VanAntwerpen (1937–2023)

Reverend Berton VanAntwerpen — known to many as Pastor Van (or “PV”), and to his family as Papa Bert — passed away peacefully…

Jan 13, 2023

Rev. Berton VanAntwerpen (1937–2023)

Jan 13, 2023

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen

Jonathan VanAntwerpen is a program director at the Henry Luce Foundation. Originally trained as a philosopher, he holds a Ph.D. in sociology from UC-Berkeley.

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