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New Research Documents the Severity of LGBTQA+ Conversion Practices—and Why Faith Matters in Recovery

By Timothy W. Jones, Jennifer Power, Tiffany Jones — 2021

New research reveals the harms of religion-based LGBTQA+ conversion practices are more severe than previously thought. All survivors needed help balancing the relationship between their LGBTQA+ identity and their faith, family and culture.

Read on theconversation.com

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Faith Versus Reason: How Can We Know If We're on the Right Track?

The fact is that there are no reliable maps into the still formless future when we're effectively at sea. But perhaps there is an inner compass that can help us navigate the unknown.

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Joan Borysenko
2008
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Inspiration and Joy Amidst Suffering and Loss

As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.

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James Baraz
2014
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The Issue of Faith in a Non-Theistic Religion

What does faith mean to a Buddhist? Zen teacher Norman Fischer talks with Sharon Salzberg about the conclusions she draws in her new book, Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience.

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Sharon Salzberg and Norman Fischer
2002
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The Sorrow of an All-Male Lineage

Zen teacher Norman Fischer discovers the life-changing — and society-changing — power of really knowing other people’s pain.

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Norman Fischer
2018
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To the ‘Experts in Humanity’: Since When Did Women Become the Problem?

“The Church, expert in humanity, has a perennial interest in whatever concerns men and women” a new document from Rome begins. After that the expertise, sincere as it may be, gets cloudy.

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Joan Chittister
2004
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The Four Keys to Well-Being

Dr. Richard Davidson explains that well-being is a skill that can be practiced and strengthened.

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Richard Davidson
2016
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Gender Issues in Spiritual Life