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April 2013

April 09, 2013
I'm discussing Pentecostal Christianity tomorrow and might show this CNN clip about snake handling churches...
April 05, 2013
Who is qualified to write the most unbiased biography of a religious figure like Jesus,...
April 05, 2013
"Imagine driving from Northern Virginia to the Outer Banks in North Carolina, and as you...
April 03, 2013
Ken Halla's history blogs and this World Religions blog made the Washington Post this week....
April 02, 2013
In 2004, France banned headscarves "and other “ostentatious” religious gear" in public schools. In 2011,...
April 01, 2013
Are the Muslim Hijab or Niqab examples of patriarchy? Although I haven't yet taught Islam,...
April 01, 2013
Three months--just over 4,200 hits--here are the four top hits since we started in January. Face to...

March 2013

March 31, 2013
If you want to see what compassion and humanitarianism looks like, then watch this video...
March 30, 2013
You don't have to be a college graduate or a doctoral candidate to discuss the...
March 30, 2013
March 30, 2013
Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN, examines women's rights in Islam,  Judaism,  and Christianity ...
March 29, 2013
Is Islam a happy religion?  Are Arabs and Muslims one and the same?  Are Muslim...
March 27, 2013
Who are the Parsis? They are members of the largest Zoroastrian community in India. And...
March 27, 2013
A majority of American Christians believe that Jesus will return to earth in the next...
March 26, 2013
What happens when a New York Jew tries to  create a Passover Seder in the...
March 26, 2013
Three religious holidays this week-- Holi, the Hindu festival of color that welcomes the arrival...
March 24, 2013
Should Judge Judy earn 20 times what a Supreme Court Judge earns?  Michael Jordan earns...
March 23, 2013
The papacy isn't the only thing that changed in the last eight years. Technology also...
March 22, 2013
Can an elementary school student hand out an invitation to classmates to a Christmas party...
March 22, 2013
The Anti-Defamation League just launched a new campaign called "Imagine a World Without Hate" with...
March 20, 2013
The Tony Blair Foundation and the Washington Post On Faith section asked a number of...
March 18, 2013
In this 14 minute clip, author Diana Butler Bass discusses with Religion and Ethics Newsweekly...
March 17, 2013
On Wednesday, last week, the United Nations proposed a declaration to condemn violence against women....
March 17, 2013
Watch early church trinitarian heresies in this humorous clip that I found at First Things....
March 17, 2013
Who was St. Francis of Assisi, the namesake of the new Pope? This short clip...
March 16, 2013
Pope Francis paying his hotel bill and endearing himself to the world for his simplicity....
March 14, 2013
As part of World Malaria Day, my religion students learned about the tragedy of malaria...
March 10, 2013
Another excellent clip, this one from CNN, on how the cardinals select the next pope.
March 09, 2013
The religion professor and writer, Stephen Prothero tweeted the link to this engaging story in...
March 08, 2013
Eric Johnson,writing for the Atlantic Magazine, describes a week that he spent at the Kumbh...
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