A primer on how philosophers, scientists, and psychologists have tried to unravel the mystery of consciousness.

Rainn Wilson uses humor, pop culture, and his own life as a Baha'i to argue that the fix for our fractured, self-focused age is a return to spiritual values we practice together.

A clinical psychologist's case that spirituality is an innate perceptual capacity of the brain, and that it buffers us against depression and addiction.

Setting aside whether religion is true, de Botton asks what its invention tells us about human nature, and what non-believers can borrow from its rituals and community.