Church Tech Today has a fun, “tongue and cheek” inforgraphic that allows you to work out your faith by answering  questions along the maze beginning with “one  god or many?” Read more

Studying the Baha’i faith? Here’s an article about their persecution in Iran and how their human rights should be the real test for Iran’s Rouhani. Writing for the Washington Post, Reza Aslan, author of the new book “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,” argues that if the Iranian president is really serious about reform, “he must address the proverbial third rail in Iranian politics: the horrific human rights abuses aimed at Iran’s small yet historic Baha’i community.”... Read more

In an article for the Washington Post, author Reza Aslan outlines five common myths about Jesus. He says in the article that “no historical figure is more deeply mired in legend and myth than Jesus of Nazareth.” Aslan is the author the book, “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.”  He explains the truth behind each myth in his Post story. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesus was an only child. Jesus had 12 disciples. Jesus had a... Read more

“I’m thankful for a few reasons. If they had attacked me any more violently, I may not be awake right now to tell my story. If they had attacked me even half an hour earlier, they would have harmed my wife and one-year-old son. And if they had attacked me anywhere else, I may not have had bystanders there to save me.” (quoted from the Huffington Post Story) Prabhjot Singh is a professor at Columbia University and a Sikh.  He... Read more

Here is a very civilized and interesting five minute debate about whether there should be restrictions on wearing the niqab. Two columnists debate the issue, Nabila Ramdani and Joan Smith, both of whom write for the Guardian. The debate is part of the Guardian’s Five Minute Debates, which they bill as “short, to-the-point debates on key issues of the day.” Smith argues that there are instances when the niqab should be banned. For example, if you are getting surgery you... Read more

Studying Judaism? Here’s a new book by Simon Schama called, The Story of the Jews, 1000 BCE to 1492.  It will come out in the US this Spring with a series from the BBC airing on PBS. Schama is a British historian who teaches at Columbia University.  He is most well known for his book on the French Revolution called, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution. He has also written widely about art. But this book covers the major... Read more

Here Bollywood actresses use sarcasm to destroy common arguments about rape in India. The clip is called “Its your Fault”  and was made by a comedy group called All India Bakchod.  According to Al Jazeera, “the video added fuel to India’s ongoing debate on tackling rape, as well as raised questions about whether sarcasm was the best vehicle for the discussion.” Read more

Wow!  The Pope said that the the Catholic Church was “‘obsessed’ with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception..” According to the New York Times,  the Pope was very blunt in one of his first interviews in six months. He said that the Church ” should be a ‘home for all’ and not a ‘small chapel’ focused on doctrine, orthodoxy and a limited agenda of moral teachings.” One Catholic, Rev. James Martin, an editor-at-large of America, the Jesuit magazine in... Read more