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July 2014

July 07, 2014
Do you know with which religion the Bab is associated? The Bahá’í faith originated in...
July 06, 2014
Studying Hinduism? Want to show your students a glimpse of the spiritual nature of India's...
July 05, 2014
According to The Pew Global Attitudes Project, concern about Islamic extremism is growing in Muslim...
July 05, 2014
Studying Zoroastrianism?  Here's an excellent radio broadcast all about the religion, especially its early history...
July 03, 2014
Studying Islam?  The Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates that developed after Muhammad's death in 632 are...
July 02, 2014
What is Hobby Lobby?  A chain of arts and crafts stores. Based in Oklahoma City....
July 01, 2014
The European Court of Human Rights upheld a 2010 French law that outlawed the full...

June 2014

June 30, 2014
When did the so-called "global village" begin? Marshall McLuhan, the great communications theorist, suggested that...
June 28, 2014
What happens when native American spirituality collides with an American national symbol? In 2012, The...
June 28, 2014
Ramadan begins today,  June 28, and continues through Monday, July 28th. It is the Muslim...
June 27, 2014
Here's a great resource about Islam for both teachers and students. It's a list with...
June 27, 2014
"Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think" explores issues in Islam on gender, justice,...
June 26, 2014
Studying World Religions?  The Internet Sacred Text Archive has digital texts of most all religions....
June 26, 2014
 Here's "I Believe" from The Broadway musical, "The Book of Mormon" when it was performed...
June 25, 2014
What did The United States look like before the Europeans arrived? A self-taught map maker...
June 24, 2014
Nuns can have fun too. Here Sister Cristina Scuccia competes on Italy's version of The...
June 23, 2014
Here is an excellent explanation of the Sunni-Shia divide from BBC Radio (thanks to Emma...
June 22, 2014
World Refugee Day was June 20th. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHR) noted that "the number...
June 21, 2014
The Presbyterian Church made two big decisions recently. First, they voted to allow ministers to...
June 20, 2014
Studying Hindu gods and goddesses?  Here's a living one! Kumari are living goddesses and worshiped...
June 09, 2014
Sikhs marched in London this week to mark the anniversary of the storming of the...
June 09, 2014
Saw this on the Huffington Post .
June 05, 2014
How did the Buddha achieve enlightenment or nirvana? Author and historian, Bettany Hughes, explains in...
June 04, 2014
What's the second largest religion in America outside of Christianity? According to this short article...
June 04, 2014
Think church is boring? Irrelevant? Check out Carl Lentz's Hillsong Pentecostal Church in Manhattan or...
June 03, 2014
Religious leaders and congregations grapple with LGBT issues everyday. Few leaders have evolved more in...
June 02, 2014
Studying Hinduism?  Want to understand the sacred culture of India? You might consider some of...
June 01, 2014
Studying Christianity?  Mega churches are increasingly important in modern Christianity. According to James Wellman, a...

May 2014

May 30, 2014
Can India’s idea of nationalism, or Hindutva, include anyone who is not Hindu?  That’s the...
May 29, 2014
Did Aryans invade the Indus River Valley and impose a rigid social hierarchy based on...
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