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October 2013

October 12, 2013
Studying Hinduism? Introduce your students to the Ramayana with this essay by Daljit Nagra. He's...
October 12, 2013
Here's a good, quick, animated overview of the four Hindu yogas--Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, and Raja.
October 08, 2013
Teaching the spread of Christianity?  Here's a site of interactive maps involving Jesus, Christianity and...
October 08, 2013
According to the Wall Street Journal, many churches are dispensing with traditional pews. "At bottom:"...
October 08, 2013
ABC News | More ABC News Videos Malala Yousafza, the 16 year old Pakistani girl...
October 07, 2013
You can see Chagall's Jewish Jesus  at The Jewish Museum in New York in a program...
October 07, 2013
Gurus are an important part of Hindu culture. But transplant them to America and you'll...
October 06, 2013
The Huffington Post has a slide show of what it thinks are the 50 most...
October 04, 2013
Here's an excellent clip on Untouchables in India. I'm going to show it to my...

September 2013

September 30, 2013
Teaching Hinduism?  Here's an excellent explanation of Atman and Brahman from Sanskrit scholar and physicist,...
September 28, 2013
Church Tech Today has a fun, "tongue and cheek" inforgraphic that allows you to work out...
September 28, 2013
Studying the Baha’i faith? Here's an article about their persecution in Iran and how their...
September 27, 2013
In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about...
September 25, 2013
"I'm thankful for a few reasons. If they had attacked me any more violently, I...
September 23, 2013
Here is a very civilized and interesting five minute debate about whether there should be...
September 22, 2013
Studying Judaism? Here's a new book by Simon Schama called, The Story of the Jews,...
September 21, 2013
Here Bollywood actresses use sarcasm to destroy common arguments about rape in India. The clip...
September 20, 2013
We study the role of shamans in World Religions when we study indigenous religions in...
September 19, 2013
Wow!  The Pope said that the the Catholic Church was "'obsessed' with preaching about abortion,...
September 17, 2013
The Jewish festival of Tabernacle, Sukkot, begins tomorrow, Wednesday, September 18 and ends at nightfall...
September 16, 2013
The debate over the veil has become a big topic in Britain. First, a judge...
September 16, 2013
Should a Muslim woman who wears a full head covering (Niqab) remove it when giving...
September 15, 2013
Where was the Buddha born? Nepal or India? Know your audience when you answer. Some...
September 15, 2013
What are the five most contested sites in Jerusalem?  How many of them do your...
September 13, 2013
Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh began auctioning his calligraphic work last week in...
September 12, 2013
An exhibit of Indian art representing the work of the The Sahmat Collective opened this...
September 12, 2013
Manjari Sharma's photographs of ancient mystical and spiritual Hindu figures are stunning. You can see...
September 09, 2013
Andrew Brown, editor of the Guardian's Cif belief blog, wrote a series about "what is...
September 09, 2013
Happy birthday, Ganesh, Hindu patron of the arts and sciences and deity of intellect and...
September 08, 2013
Here is a great graphic from the Public Religion Research Institute. It shows the changing...
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