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Uber-atheist Sam Harris is getting all spiritual. In his new book, “Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion,” the usually outspoken critic of religion describes how spirituality can and must be divorced from religion if the human mind is to reach its full potential.

The issue has come to be identified with the wealthy industrialist brothers Charles and David Koch, whose huge contributions to conservative political causes have raised concerns about the role of “dark money” on elections.

Coffee and Contemplation, a spiritual discussion and prayer event for people of all denominations at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center, continues this month with the Rev. Gretchen Rehberg, rector of the Nativity Episcopal Church in Lewiston, Idaho.

As thousands gathered Friday (Sept. 5) at Temple Beth Am in Miami to mourn journalist Steven Sotloff, they paid tribute to the one quality his family and friends tried hard to conceal from his Islamic State captors: his Jewishness.

Join SpokaneFAVS today (Saturday) at 10 a.m. at Indaba Coffee Bar. 1425 W Broadway for a Coffee Talk discussion on Reconciling Religion & Science.

Gonzaga University faculty and students will explore the themes, issues and ideas surrounding the stories of the finalists for the 2014 Opus Prize in a series of lectures and panel discussions this fall.

Joan Rivers, 81, the acid-tongued survivor of popular comedy and entertainment, died Thursday (Sept. 4). Who could possibly find it funny?