Atheism and Spirituality
For a few years I wrote and spoke a good deal about prayer, religion, and spirituality for nonbelievers — the practice the two pieces below describe. The On Faith blog where some of it ran was sold to FaithStreet.com and later vanished; those links (and a few other casualties) point to archived copies.
- Some nonbelievers still find solace in prayer. The Washington Post, 2013-06-24 — WBM
- Addicted to Prayer. T.M. Luhrmann. The New York Times, Opinion, 2013-08-04 — WBM
On Faith (The Washington Post)
- Is Faith the World's Most Effective Placebo?. Sigfried Gold. The Washington Post, On Faith, 2013-08-28
- Why Atheists Should Respect Believers. Sigfried Gold. The Washington Post, On Faith, 2013-09-03
- What Good Is Religion?. Sigfried Gold. The Washington Post, On Faith, 2013-09-09
- Atheists at the Pulpit. Sigfried Gold. The Washington Post, On Faith, 2013-10-03
- Is God's Existence Beside the Point?. Sigfried Gold. The Washington Post, On Faith, 2013-10-08
- How to Pray for Divine Guidance Without Religion — WBM — Local copy
Skeptic
- Coming Out Skeptical. Sigfried Gold. eSkeptic, 2014-06-25
- Atheist Spirituality. Sigfried Gold. eSkeptic, 2014-09-10
Tikkun Daily
- Can Liberal Judaism Be Saved from Liberalism?. Sigfried Gold. Tikkun Daily, 2013-11-04 — WBM
- 7 Reasons for Spiritual Progressives to Engage Humbly with Fundamentalists. Sigfried Gold. Tikkun Daily, 2013-11-12 — WBM
- Spiritual Travel Agency. Sigfried Gold. Tikkun Daily, 2013-11-20 — WBM
- Religion and Utopian Economics. Sigfried Gold. Tikkun Daily, 2013-12-04 — WBM
- A Real Guide to Spirituality Without Religion. Sigfried Gold. Tikkun Daily, 2014-09-10 — WBM
The Spiritual Naturalist Society
- Testing a Naturalist's Faith. Sigfried Gold. The Spiritual Naturalist Society, 2013-07-24
- Religious Freedom from the Inside Out. Sigfried Gold. The Spiritual Naturalist Society, 2013-08-12
- Why God is Important. Sigfried Gold. The Spiritual Naturalist Society, 2013-09-23
- Dispensing Wisdom. Sigfried Gold. The Spiritual Naturalist Society, 2014-05-22
Talks & Interviews
- An Atheist Who Prays. Caer Hallundbaek (host), with Sigfried Gold. The Godspeed Institute (radio/podcast), 2013-07-13 — Podcast — WBM
- Drash presented at Tifereth Israel (2014-11-01) — PDF
- Humanist Spirituality and the Dark Night of the Soul. Sigfried Gold. Washington Ethical Society, platform address, 2015-07-19
Tailored Beliefs
My site on prayer and spirituality for nonbelievers (2013–16), restored here from archived copies — the domain itself is long gone.
- Tailored Beliefs. Sigfried Gold. tailoredbeliefs.com (site, archived)
- Godot is here! And more non-existent than ever!. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-10-02 — WBM
- Do I love writing about God more than I love God Herself?. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-10-05 — WBM
- Alain de Botton’s Religion for Atheists. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-10-13 — WBM
- Why God is important. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-10-16 — WBM
- Atheistic Prayer. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-10-28 — WBM
- Praise the Lord! (without gagging). Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-10-28 — WBM
- Everything happens for a reason. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2012-11-17 — WBM
- Born-again atheist. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-02-01 — WBM
- Religion without God, Ronald Dworkin’s posthumous work being released in 2013. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013 (date approximate) — WBM
- Who will help the poor atheists?. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013 (date approximate) — WBM
- Father’s Day Prayer. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-06-16 — WBM
- First public meeting. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-06-22 — WBM
- Short explanation of what prayer is and why it works.. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-06-25 — WBM
- Washington Post article: Some nonbelievers still find solace in prayer. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-06-26 — WBM
- Manifesto on Religious Freedom. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-07-18 — WBM
- Public meeting. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-07-20 — WBM
- New York Times article by T.M. Luhrmann. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-08-04 — WBM
- Atheists at greater risk for suicide. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-08-08 — WBM
- Fascinating reporting on placebo research. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-08-30 — WBM
- Very cool: Wychwood Circle. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-09-03 — WBM
- Can Liberal Judaism Be Saved from Liberalism?. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-11-05 — WBM
- Silencing Criticism; a Public Apology. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2013-11-07 — WBM
- A Taxonomy of Imagined Deities. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2014 (date approximate) — WBM
- It’s all complete crap. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2015 (date approximate) — WBM
- T. M. Luhrmann describing schismogenesis. Sigfried Gold. Tailored Beliefs, 2015 (date approximate) — WBM
Older Writing & Press (1997–2000)
- Making Power Flow Downhill — PDF
- Creating Made Easy With a 'Collaborator'. Jason Chervokas, Tom Watson. The New York Times, CyberTimes (Digital Nation), 1998-01-16
- Flower Children in the Chamber of Commerce. The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, June 4, 1999
- Finding a Cure for Technophobia. The News Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL), March 5, 2000
The Octopus (1997–98)
Pieces from Champaign-Urbana’s alternative weekly, all written before founding OJC in August 1998.
- Shelley,. The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, January 13, 1997
- Statement by the Artist: Collage may not be enough to end capitalism. The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, January 25, 1997
- Protection for Buyers / a rearrangement of Gillespie's Statement by the Artist. The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, January 30, 1997
- Is There Such a Thing as Truth? (letter to Professor Michael Bérubé). The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, February 2, 1997
- Equality interview (Pat Bryant, Cinema Café). The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, February 16, 1997
- Interview with Lisa Fay's play, Monosyllabic Argumentation. The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, February 16, 1997
- Letter to the editor: in (satirical) defense of the adult-services ads. The Octopus: Champaign-Urbana's Alternative Weekly, January 26, 1998