Where is God in clothes?

Contemporary life feels significantly organized by a post-1960s schism, where much of the energy that fueled outward-oriented activism and mass politics (“repair the world”) was diverted inward, into the culture of self-help and the business of individual wellness (“repair yourself”).

There’s a fascinating On Being interview with Nick Cave from a couple years ago, where he discussed his belief that “ Religion is spirituality with rigor .” Whereas religion actively asks something of us, he explained, spirituality can feel squishier, less demanding and therefore, he implied, less rewarding.