“No one can live without a relationship. You may withdraw into the mountains, become a monk, a sannyasi, or wander off into the desert by yourself, but you are related.
In the 1920's, books about religion were the second biggest-selling genre, next to adult fiction. When Eugene Exman became religion editor for one of America's biggest publishing companies, he resolved to churn out bestsellers that would go beyond "hidebound dogmas" to teach the public to pursue the common religious experience that allegedly underlies all of the world's religions. And so he did.
The writer and diplomat on her debut novel, Swallowing the Sun, why young people should be politically engaged, and the theatre and poetry that influenced her prose
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As I have various discussions about mental health and disability on the internet, I am disturbed at how many people continue to use the terms “high functioning” and “low functioning” when referring to people with psychiatric or other disabilities. I have heard people refer to their family members as “low functioning.” I have seen these terms used by advocates to bully and discredit other advocates who critique calls for increased levels of involuntary treatment as “high functioning” individuals who don’t know what they’re talking about.