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• Another story in the Iraqi whirlwind

  Published: July 26, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Politics, World Religions, World, Judaism, Islam

  From time to time, we receive emails from people concerned about a lack of mainstream media coverage of the persecution of the ancient churches inside Iraq, an already tragic situation that is getting worse as Iraq begins to fly apart into competing Islamic states, or tribes, or whatever. This is, of course, part of a wider story in the region

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• And don’t wear white after Labor Day

  Published: July 26, 2007, 10:04 am

  Tags: Politics, Social Issues, Pop Culture, World Religions, First Person, Sex

  The intersection of religion and dress is most fascinating to me. I grew up with a mother who was far and away the most fashionable pastor’s wife I knew. And then I also had acquaintances and neighbors involved in the Christian modesty movement, which required women to wear large pieces of fabric that covered them extensively. As I prepare

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• God-u-like. Irreverence warning Grade 5

  Published: July 26, 2007, 10:38 am

  Tags: League Table Of Religions

  One of the most extraordinary pan-religious blogs has to be God-U-Like. This is their "ranks" page, a league table of votes online. Or, you might say, an indication of the faiths most favoured by people who spend a leeetle bit too much time staring into a screen...

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• Expound on that news nugget

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:03 am

  Tags: Politics, Journalism, Religion, World Religions, World, Evangelicals

  A significant news morsel buried in the middle of a ho-hum article about a meeting with President Bush in the Savannah Morning News deserves attention. In an interview with author Bruce Feiler, Larry Peterson went with the metro news headline stating that local boy makes good and meets with leader of the free world. Eleven paragraphs into the

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• Assume the official position

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:18 pm

  Tags: Social Issues, Web Tech, Journalism, Academia, Religion, Creeping Fundamentalism, Anglicanism, World Religions, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Judaism, Islam, Sex, Mainline

  positions are for nine major religions: Roman Catholic, “Episcopalian”, Reform Judaism, Mormon, Muslim (mostly Sunni), Southern Baptist, United Methodist, Buddhist and Unitarian Universalist. Yes, Unitarian Universalism is a major world religion, isn’t it. Why not Zoroastrians? It’s also interesting to note what is

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• Ghost in the gorilla mists?

  Published: August 3, 2007, 10:32 am

  Tags: Politics, World Religions, World, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Science

  Most of the time, when I encounter a religious reference in a mainstream news story I can figure out what it is doing there. However, I hit something the other day in Newsweek that really puzzled me and it still does. The story in question is part of the cover package about exotic species around the world that are in danger of being snuffed out,

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• Ghost in the gorilla mists?

  Published: August 3, 2007, 10:32 am

  Tags: Politics, World Religions, World, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Science

  Most of the time, when I encounter a religious reference in a mainstream news story I can figure out what it is doing there. However, I hit something the other day in Newsweek that really puzzled me and it still does. The story in question is part of the cover package about exotic species around the world that are in danger of being snuffed out,

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• Assume the official position

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:18 pm

  Tags: Social Issues, Web Tech, Journalism, Academia, Religion, Creeping Fundamentalism, Anglicanism, World Religions, Catholicism, Evangelicals, Judaism, Islam, Sex, Mainline

  positions are for nine major religions: Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Reform Judaism, Mormon, Muslim (mostly Sunni), Southern Baptist, United Methodist, Buddhist and Unitarian Universalist. Yes, Unitarian Universalism is a major world religion, isn’t it? Why not Zoroastrians? It’s also interesting to note what is missing. Where are

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• Expound on that news nugget

  Published: July 31, 2007, 12:03 am

  Tags: Politics, Journalism, Religion, World Religions, World, Evangelicals

  A significant news morsel buried in the middle of a ho-hum article about a meeting with President Bush in the Savannah Morning News deserves attention. In an interview with author Bruce Feiler, Larry Peterson went with the metro news headline stating that local boy makes good and meets with leader of the free world. Eleven paragraphs into the

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• Buddhism

  Published: August 4, 2007, 3:42 am

  Tags: Religions

  lack of compassion for other religions. With the spirituality movement growing larger everyday because of people's contempt for western religions, Buddhism will gain many new followers, because it allows people to see that there is a reason for their suffering, and that there is a way to end it. In the future people will want their religion or

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• Where is the ghost in this Sudan story?

  Published: August 5, 2007, 7:54 pm

  Tags: Politics, World Religions, World, Catholicism, Islam

  I know that this is a very old topic around here, but here I go again. The fact that people are being massacred in the Sudan is old news by this time. The fact that religion has a lot to do with it is old news, especially when you are dealing with the South Sudan — where Christians and animists have been dying for many years, in numbers that

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• ‘There is no Islam . . . without a Khilafah’

  Published: August 8, 2007, 2:07 pm

  Tags: Politics, Journalism, World Religions, World, Islam

  Consumers of mainstream news hear, from time to time, the term “Arab street” used to describe the mindset of those opposed to so-called Western values and, in particular, the policies of the United States, England and other nations involved in conflicts in the Middle East. The “Arab street” is usually described in terms of

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• Hinduism

  Published: August 8, 2007, 2:44 pm

  Tags: Religions

  alike. As one of the religions with the most followers world wide Hinduism touches people across the globe. Hinduism is also one of the world's oldest religions having originated in approximately 8000 BC and according to (Fisher, 2005, 69) According to tradition, there are actually 330 million deities in India. The feeling is that

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• JESUS - The Anti-Christ?

  Published: August 10, 2007, 10:07 pm

  Tags: Atheism, Christianity, Geminian, Pagan, Philosophy, Religions, The Geminian

  The Geminian rants: WARNING!!!!!!!!!!! To all who bear witness, the content herein may not be suitable for some viewers. Viewer discretion is your own responsibility, and any and all offense taken or injury incurred should then be considered "self-mutilation" and is the responsibility of the mutilator.

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• Trying to probe the senseless

  Published: August 12, 2007, 7:45 pm

  Tags: Politics, People, World Religions, Islam

  The Washington Post had a religion-related story the other day that just left me numb with shock. At least, I think it was a religion-related story. That’s the point. I really couldn’t tell. So let’s be clear that I am not saying that there was a religion hole in this page-one story. It’s an amazing story, filling in

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