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Proudfoot's critique of the attempt to understand Buddhist (and other) meditative states in terms of their neurobiological manifestations, without reference to their historical and cultural meanings

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A group in Holland, responding to the Dutch ban on indoor smoking, has established a "church" whose primary sacrament is smoking.

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This article quotes a good friend of mine...

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Gary Lease apparently used to have students watch this as a kind of reflection on the mythmaking process (presumably more or less the same way that McCutcheon talks about using The Life of Brian in his classes).

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Christianity Today interviews the writer of WALL•E (2008) about the connection between his religious beliefs and his movies. It's not exactly a searching interview, but it's an interesting read.

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The eminent philosopher and critical theorist of religion, Mark Taylor, on the changing climate for religious studies as an academic subject: as people become more religious, scholarship becomes more contentious.

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Montaigne's famous defense of Raymond Sebond, the proponent of natural theology, in which he lays out a profoundly, even shockingly skeptical view of human knowledge.

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Happy Good Friday, everybody. Here are a few interesting historical images of the "harrowing of Hell" tradition drawn from various Christian iconographic sources.

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Recorded sermons plus additional information here: http://www.sermonaudio.com/malvern

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Li-Young Lee is not only an extraordinary poet, but he's a great reader as well. This poem is not my absolute favorite but hearing it read aloud still gets me a little shaky.

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Looks like it might be useful -- a blog about religion-related events and news -- focus seems to be on European events.

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