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Mark W. Muesse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Rhodes College
Memphis, Tennessee

Mark W. Muesse is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. A native of Waco, Texas, Muesse received his B.A. summa cum laude in English from Baylor University. He completed his graduate work at Harvard University, where he received a Masters of Theological Studies from the Divinity School and the A.M. and Ph.D. in the Study of Religion from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Muesse is author of Redeeming Men: Religion and Masculinities, and has also been Visiting Professor of Theology at the Tamilnadu Theological Seminary in Madurai, India, traveling extensively throughout Asia. He has been a practitioner of meditation for over fifteen years and has studied the Buddhist discipline at the International Buddhist Meditation Centre, Wat Mahadhatu in Bangkok, Thailand and the Himalayan Yogic Institute in Kathmandu.

Cultivating a Quiet Mind: Questions and Answers About the Practice of Meditation
The world's major religious traditions-Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Daoism, and Judaism-all teach practices that might be called meditation...

What Does It Mean to Lead a Spiritual Life? - A Buddhist Perspective
Buddhist spirituality is concerned with the end of suffering through the enlightened understanding of reality...

"Forgiving, Again and Again"
Some years ago I came across an idea that helped clarify and deepen my understanding of forgiveness. Forgiveness means relinquishment. It's that simple.