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A now-classic (though still controversial) formulation of the principles behind the academic study of religion.

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According to this report, the Bureau of Prisons has drawn up a list of "approved" religious books from all religious traditions. All religious texts not on the list are being "purged" from prison libraries in an effort to avoid extremism. Some very odd se

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Odd story about the fate of young boys expelled from "fundamentalist" (usually polygamous) Mormon communities for offending against the very strict moral standards. Kind of depressing.

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A review of a new book by Hannah Rosin on Patrick Henry College.

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Comments on Freud's
Moses and Monotheism

, a late work in which the master appears to give some grudging recognition to the value of religion. Archived: http://www.webcitation.org/5Rjez93lb



Late in life— he was in his 80s, in fact —Sigmund

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A non-Jew describes the bizarre experience of being asked to help a highly observant Orthodox Jew deal with the problem of being locked out of her house on the Sabbath. Pretty bizarre. Archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5RdsO4kyU

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Max Blumenthal's highly unauthorized ten-minute video piece on what John Hagee's influential organization, the Christians United for Israel, actually preaches: mass conversion of Jews, Muslims as Satanists, a Middle East peace treaty as the work of Antich

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The postulator for Mother Teresa's canonization, Brian Kolodiejchuk, has published a book of her letters that reveal her deep doubt and lack of faith regarding the fundamentals of Christian doctrine extending through her career, almost 50 years.

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A cartoonist calling herself "Puppeteer" drew this amusing catalogue of the varieties of hijab she encounters walking to work each day in Damascus.

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Journalist Neely Tucker profiles Bart Ehrman, concentrating on the story of his gradual loss of faith as he studied the origins of the New Testament. Nice piece of religion journalism. Archived at http://webcitation.org/5R0Hnb9Xp

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Talal Asad -- maybe the most brilliant working theoretician of religion -- has come out with a new book on suicide terror. The Columbia UP site also includes an excerpt and an MP3 of an interview with Asad.

Tags: academe, anthropology, books, del.icio.us_import, gwot, islam, nbrrrb, post:facebook(source), post:googlereader, post:tumblr, religion, rels327, research, social_science, terorrism, violence on 2007-08-10 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Schwenkfelder settler communities in the Upper Perkiomen Valley of Pennsylvania. Might be an interesting place to visit.

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Romero has become a popular hero to many Latin Americans because his unwillingness to moderate his stance against repression and state terror led to his assassination. Now the Vatican faces potential embarrassment over his possible canonization.

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The talking Jesus doll will retail for around $20 and is programmed to tell Jesus' life story and to repeat "memory verses" (such as Jn 3.16). Shipping soon. More: http://store.messengersoffaith.net. Discovered via http://buzzfeed.com/buzz/Religious_Actio

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Some evidence suggests a trend within families towards children's exhibiting greater religiosity than their parents. This story examines a few examples of this in different traditions.

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James Dobson and Richard Viguerie are adamant that they will not support a Giuliani nomination. Other evangelical conservatives are already apprehensive about a Romney candidacy (according to evangelical hardliners, Mormonism verges on Satanism).

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Reporters: got a summer news hole to fill on your religion beat? Why not write about the spiritual formation of children? This backgrounder includes statistics, story ideas, vignettes, and interview leads sorted by region. I had no idea such things existe

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Haven't really had a chance to look at this one yet, but it has been widely appreciated by various folks online (see http://snurl.com/1jaoc).

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Excerpt from "Mikey" Weinstein's new book on the rising power of hard-right Christian evangelicalism within the U.S. military today.

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Fascinating interview, prob. 2005, with Bob Welch, author of "You, the Warrior Leader." Welch, an evangelical Southern Baptist pastor and former Green Beret and wounded Vietnam vet, discusses the application of military thinking to "spiritual war."

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