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September 2013

September 08, 2013
Here is Rudolf Höss, Kommandant of Auschwitz. His daughter, Brigitte Höss, 80 years old, lives...
September 08, 2013
Here is Michelle Bachman, Steve King and Louie Gohmert, in Egypt supporting the overthrow of...
September 04, 2013
American Jews, like Christians, struggle with membership and youth engagement. In an attempt to reverse...
September 03, 2013
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New year festival, begins on September 4th and lasts two days....
September 01, 2013
Statutes of Buddhas are among the tallest in the world. The Wall Street Journal recently...

August 2013

August 29, 2013
Policymic has an excellent story about Sweden's reaction to the attack of a pregnant Muslim...
August 28, 2013
Here is an ward winning video focused on the removal of 12,000 Navajo from their...
August 27, 2013
NPR has a great story about the Shahnameh, or "Epic of the Persian Kings."  It...
August 26, 2013
Here is an interesting glimpse into India's world of superstition from the New York Times....
August 26, 2013
Fazeela Siddiqui, program manager for Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE), put together...
August 26, 2013
Indigenous religions is one of the first units in my World Religion class. Here's an...
August 25, 2013
Studying the Ottoman Empire?  Here's a great essay about the impact of the breakup of...
August 25, 2013
Some American Latinos are leaving the Catholic Church for Islam. No one knows the exact...
August 25, 2013
The Quebec government plans to introduce in September a "Charter of Quebec Values" that would...
August 24, 2013
Student interns for the PBS news site, Religion and Ethics, ask George Washington University religious...
August 23, 2013
Karma is an essential Hindu belief, based on the idea that our actions and deeds...
August 23, 2013
BBC Religion and Ethics has an excellent slideshow about illuminated manuscripts. And the British Library also has an excellent...
August 23, 2013
It seems that elements of religion permeate every aspect of our lives. Here, the Seattle...
August 22, 2013
This is an animated cartoon, created by a Pakistani pop singer, as a kind of...
August 21, 2013
On Saturday, a pregnant Muslim woman wearing a hijab was assaulted. Her hijab was torn...
August 21, 2013
In this superb talk, Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie eloquently discusses the dangers of cultural...
August 21, 2013
How do religions change when they move far away from their birthplace? Chinese Buddhism is...
August 21, 2013
Studying Buddhism?  Here's an interesting story about the Buddhist tradition of  "Dana."  That tradition forced...
August 20, 2013
Here are great one minute summaries of most world religions. Below, you find Hinduism, Buddhism...
August 19, 2013
Hunter Schwarz at Buzzfeed, mapped out the religions of all the members of the House...
August 19, 2013
You've probably heard of the Bible app--the app that lets you download a version of...
August 19, 2013
Do you know which faith is most compatible with your religious beliefs? Belief-O-Matic does. Just...
August 18, 2013
Want to review the events in Egypt with your students?  Here's a nice review of...
August 18, 2013
Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest religions in the world but its numbers are shrinking....
August 18, 2013
Reverend Weber is the Lutheran pastor of the house for All Sinners and Saints in...
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