
Monsters, Ghosts and Gods: Why We Believe | LiveScience
This is not a bad article, but it drives me crazy that the writer never consulted a specialist in religion. The quoted "scientific" explanations for ancient religious beliefs were basically debunked by research several generations ago. This is how bad the academic study of religion looks to the rest of the world, I guess.
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Bruce Lincoln, "The other war: the one of words," Kansas City Star op-ed (2002)
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Photography as a Weapon - Errol Morris - Zoom - New York Times Blog
Errol Morris interviews photography expert Hany Farid and Little Green Footballs proprietor Charles Johnson about the use of photo-manipulation tools in journalism and propaganda. Reproduces some incredible Heartfield images.
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Magazine Preview - Post-Race - Is Obama the End of Black Politics? - NYTimes.com
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The joy of Christian sex | The Sydney Morning Herald, July 18, 2008
This article quotes a good friend of mine...
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Gene Weingarten on what happens to you if you watch 24 straight hours of political punditry (it's not pretty)
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What exactly does Ron Paul stand for?
Ron Paul has published regular newsletters since the late 70s. They espouse some very bitter and virulently bigoted positions on race, among other issues and portray him as a real conspiracy-mongering lunatic. Whether Paul himself actually wrote the artic
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PublicRadioFan.com: find & download public radio programs
Great database of downloadable, archived public radio shows.
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BBC religion podcast: "Beyond Belief"
Something I'm going to have to investigate. It sounds like a great program.
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GetReligion.org's Terry Mattingly on Oprah's faith
Perceptive comments from religion-and-journalism blogger Terry Mattingly (http://GetReligion.org) on the religious significance of Oprah Winfrey. From January 2007.
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"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
Important piece of journalism about a Moroccan town which has seen a number of young men vanish into the world of jihad.
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"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
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Mixx partners with USAToday, Reuters, TWC, others for social news
As a user, I don't get what's so exciting about Mixx.com, but they seem to have secured some attractive partnerships with publishers. (http://www.mixx.com)
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Old-school journalism plus blogging and social networks: synergy?
Linked from Dave Winer's blog, I think. A cool, experimental idea: connect beat reporters with an online circle of stakeholders joined by modern net-based social-networking tools. In this scenario, the "new" "Web2.0" model of information distribution does
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Ian Buruma: religion and resistance to oppression
Ian Buruma on the positive efforts of religious communities in resisting oppressive regimes around the world: Burma, the Philippines, Poland, etc.
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David Gonzalez, "For a Master Class on Global Worship, It’s Destination Queens" (NYT, July 2, 2007)
An international seminar on interreligious coexistence and pluralism, based in New York City. I haven't actually read this yet. Archived: http://www.webcitation.org/5SFsEzH5t.
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Oliver Sacks, "The Abyss: Music & Amnesia" (The New Yorker, Sept. 24, 2007)
Oliver Sacks on "the most devastating case of amnesia ever recorded," a man who lost the ability to retain memories for more than a few seconds.
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Do you miss Lingua Franca too? Here are the archives
I was bummed when Lingua Franca, the magazine for academics, went under. Here are their archives. Full of a lot of very smart stuff. Sort of like a cross between The New York Review of Books and Spy Magazine.
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