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• Christmas Creatures

  
  The Debris Field — Authority: 456
  ShukerNature: Christmas Creatures
  13 hours ago

• Not Jewish, but what?

  
  GetReligion — Authority: 138
  Don’t call it a comeback … But after a month-long sabbatical, during which I completed my first semester of law school, I am, indeed, back. So where do we pick up? Let’s try Dallas. Usually when I think of Big D, I think of the Cowboys and a lot of drama. But talk about trauma. You know, a lot a lot of ...
  19 hours ago

• Mindful meditation

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 437
  Your child probably can’t sing Christmas carols at school this time of year, but you will find wide acceptance of Buddhism in classroom exercises, taught as “mindful meditation.” In the western way of thinking, if you’re not “doing” --reading scripture, praying, singing, volunteering--then you’re not ...
  22 hours ago

• God and man at the box office

  
  GetReligion — Authority: 138
  NEWSFLASH: Sometimes movies deal with religion and, sometimes, lots and lots of Americans buy tickets to see them. OK, so I didn’t exactly surprise anyone with that observation, but please forgive my sarcasm as I introduce this story by McClatchy reporter Robert Butler : Seeing the might of the box office, ...
  1 day ago

• Interfaith Interaction at Parliament of the World’s Religions

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 666
  I recently returned from 8 days in Melbourne Australia where I attended the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. I had taken five of my Claremont School of Theology students along to participate in this remarkable six day gathering of…
  1 day ago

• PeaceNext

  
  Swords into Plowshares — Authority: 135
  Every five years, the Parliament of the Worlds Religions welcomes thousands of people to see the world through different eyes. People of different faiths come together to learn, grow and celebrate their diversity. They realize that despite their religious differences, they share a similar calling to build a more ...
  1 day ago

• Hindus laud Pope for environmental stand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Nevada (US), Dec 22 (ANI): Hindus have applauded Pope Benedict for connecting environmental protection with peace promotion in his message for the celebration of World Day of Peace, which falls on January one.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended His Holiness Pope ...
  1 day ago

• 24pct Americans believe in reincarnation

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Nevada (US), Dec 22 (ANI): Roughly 24 percent American adults believe in reincarnation and a similar number believe in yoga as a spiritual practice, according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life.This poll also found out that roughly one-quarter of adults express belief in ...
  1 day ago

• A Sudden Illumination

  
  Loyola University Chicago Blogs — Authority: 437
  Since the conclusion of the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions, my days have been filled with reflection.   It is not formal reflection titled and labeled as such, but a subliminal sorting and evaluating while doing all the myriad ordinary tasks of everyday life.   I have attended two unexpected funerals ...
  1 day ago

• ‘60 Minutes’ visits a persecuted patriarch

  
  GetReligion — Authority: 138
  Watch CBS News Videos Online There is much to praised in the “60 Minutes” profile of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and his tiny, yet historically significant, flock of persecuted Orthodox Christians in Istanbul. It’s worth watching, if only for the remarkable videos taken at St. Catherine’s Monastery at ...
  2 days ago

• Hindus urge president of CEC to promote interfaith dialogue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Congratulating Metropolitan Emmanuel of France on his election as president of Conference of European Churches (CEC), Hindus hope that he would promote interfaith dialogue in the world.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, hoped that CEC under Emmanuel would work for promoting ...
  2 days ago

• Happy Winter Solstice!

  
  The Gaytheist Agenda — Authority: 129
  The Winter Solstice is the shortest day, and longest night, of the year. Coincidentally this is also when Wiccans and other Neo-Pagans celebrate Yule. (Cue AFA screeching about “evil” and “abominations” but where do you think they got their precious Christmas traditions from in the first place?) So light a ...
  2 days ago

• Hindus urge new president of Conference of European Churches to promote interfaith dialogue

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Nevada (US), Dec 21 (ANI): Congratulating Metropolitan Emmanuel of France on his election as president of Conference of European Churches (CEC), Hindus hope that he would promote interfaith dialogue in the world.Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, hoped that CEC under Emmanuel ...
  2 days ago

• alienviews: ...Cooking Frogs...

  
  The Debris Field — Authority: 456
  alienviews: ...Cooking Frogs...
  2 days ago

• Memory eternal: The death of Job

  
  GetReligion — Authority: 138
  The first time I saw Archbishop Job of the Orthodox Church in America, he was singing the simple, yet haunting, hymn that the Orthodox sing during funerals — Memory Eternal . Of course, the fact that he was chanting this hymn while standing in front of the U.S. Supreme Court made the scene especially poignant. ...
  3 days ago

• Is yoga religious?

  
  GetReligion — Authority: 138
  At the beginning of November, Missouri began a sales tax on yoga studios. The only state in the nation to do so, the move is controversial because many folks in the Show Me State’s yoga community believe yoga is not just exercise but, rather, a spiritual practice. At the time this happened, St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...
  3 days ago

• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  MBVD — Authority: 129
  The optimists will say that the General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions resolutions favors freedom. I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between 08 & 09 and the abstention trend was flat. The slope of the yes vote line seems flatter this year compared to the previous ...
  3 days ago

• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  Take Our Country Back — Authority: 123
  The optimists will say that the General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions resolutions favors freedom. I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between 08 & 09 and the abstention trend was flat. The slope of the yes vote line seems flatter this year compared to the previous ...
  3 days ago

• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  Bens blog — Authority: 123
  The optimists will say that the General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions resolutions favors freedom. I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between 08 & 09 and the abstention trend was flat. The slope... Read and post comments | ...
  3 days ago

• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  Freedom Ain't Free & Take Our Country Back — Authority: 123
  The optimists will say that the  General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions  resolutions  favors freedom.  I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between ‘08 & ‘09 and the abstention trend was flat.  The slope of the yes vote line  seems flatter  this year compared to ...
  3 days ago

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