Existential thinkers have a long history of poignant responses to crises, and a sampling of these may be of help to us now. When the capacity to respond outwardly is limited, as in the case of ...

Existential therapy is a form of psychotherapy that aims to help people find a sense of meaning in their lives. It is less rigidly structured than other types of therapy and focuses on exploring a ...

A sense of purpose is the antidote to today’s pervasive state of existential distress, according to this thought-provoking treatise. Heine (DNA Is Not Destiny), a psychology professor at the ...

When God spoke to man centuries ago, it was far easier to believe that the sun stood still or water turned into wine. But what is science-minded man to make of the Bible? How can he extract its real ...

THE AGE OF REASON (397 pp.)—Jean-Paul Sartre—translated by Eric Sutton —Knopf ($3). What is existentialism? As far as most Americans are concerned, it is the latest incomprehensible fashion from ...