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November 2014

November 03, 2014
If you think the Common Core is controversial, then Norton's new anthology of World Religion is...
November 01, 2014
Does a British hijab designed with poppies as a way to remember Muslim sacrifice in...

October 2014

October 31, 2014
If you are studying Native American religion, you might want to consider some of Kent...
October 26, 2014
Is Buddhism making a comeback in China? The evidence, according to this interesting story from PBS...
October 22, 2014
Is Mormon underwear magical? Not according to the video above and to this excellent article...
October 21, 2014
Today my U.S. high school students discussed civil rights with their peers in Venezuela. It...
October 19, 2014
Want to know why India's Muslim population,  the second largest concentration  in the world, haven't...
October 15, 2014
Studying mythology and religion? Annenberg Learner's Invitation to World Literature has an engaging documentary overview of...
October 13, 2014
The Hindu festival of Diwali begins next week on October 23. It's a celebration of...
October 12, 2014
Studying Indic religions? You might consider Alice Albinia's excellent 2008 book, Empires of the Indus....
October 10, 2014
Sukkot, which begins on the fifth day after Yom Kippur and lasts seven days, is...
October 08, 2014
Bill Maher, on his HBO show, Real Time with Bill Maher, recently created a firestorm...
October 05, 2014
Teaching Hinduism and some of the important gods? Here 's Lord Shiva with all his...
October 02, 2014
Here's a great clip about Hasidic Jews that comes from StyleLikeU. I saw it on...
October 01, 2014
ISIS is destroying the religious and cultural heritage in Syria that dates back to the...
October 01, 2014
Here's a great short clip from BBC (just 60 seconds). Find out how many Muslims...

September 2014

September 30, 2014
Here, on CNN with Don Lemon, Reza Aslan argues that Islam does not promote violence....
September 28, 2014
Here's a six minute review of the rites of the hajj. It's from a non-profit...
September 27, 2014
What are the two most common faiths of American presidents? Eleven were Episcopalian.  Those presidents...
September 21, 2014
Gallup posted this map showing the importance of religion around the world.  The poorer countries--South...
September 15, 2014
Here's a riveting story about a Muslim woman who defied the Nazis in 1940 and...
September 11, 2014
Star Wars provides a great introduction to the study of myths. It has some of the classic elements...
September 10, 2014
Here's a terrific image of the Hindu pantheon. Educator James Sturtevant found it in the...
September 02, 2014
  British Museum director, Neil MacGregor, argues that the the Babylonian cylinder, discovered in 1879,...
September 01, 2014
Take a virtual tour of India's Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai and dedicated to  the...

August 2014

August 30, 2014
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, also known simply as Rebbe, died twenty years ago. He was...
August 26, 2014
B.K.S. Iyengar died last week.  He was 95. He was the Hindu yogi who helped popularize...
August 25, 2014
Who were some of the most important religious scholars?  Who developed the "concept of the...
August 23, 2014
Here's a fascinating clip form PBS Religion & Ethics Newsweekly about the conversion of Latinos...
August 21, 2014
Banda Ache in Indonesia instituted Sharia law after the tsunami in 2004. The religious police...
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