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Entries by Josh Fleet from 08/2012

Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Religious Groups, People Come Out (LIVEBLOG)

Posted 08.01.2012 | Religion

For chicken lovers and faith groups alike, today is a day of coming out. But not in the way you might think. After former governor of Arkansas and ...

Richard Land To Retire: Southern Baptist Leader Will Step Down Following Ethics Probe

Posted 08.01.2012 | Religion

By Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service (RNS) Richard Land, the man who became the public face of the Southern Baptist Convention on ethical and ...

Alum Challenges Catholic College's Sex Orientation Stance

Posted 08.02.2012 | Religion
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An online petition currently circulating hopes that DeSales University will reconsider the decision to not allow a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgen...

Snoop Lion's Rastafarian Reincarnation: Why Snoop Dogg Changed His Name

Posted 08.02.2012 | Religion

By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Snoop Dogg scored a huge hit with the hip-hop anthem "What's My Name?" back in 1993. Announcing his co...

Vatican Crackdown: U.S. Nuns Consider Response

Posted 08.02.2012 | Religion

-- The largest group for American nuns will meet next week in St. Louis to decide whether they should resist or accept a Vatican-ordered overhaul. T...

American Sikhs A Small, Misunderstood Community

Posted 08.06.2012 | Religion

-- Ever since they arrived in the U.S. as farmers and lumber mill workers in the late 19th century, Sikhs have struggled with how little Americans kn...

Economist Debates: Is Israel Succumbing To Jewish Fundamentalism?

Posted 08.07.2012 | Religion
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Jewish fundamentalists come in two colours: the black-clad haredim or ultra-Orthodox, and the blue-jeaned settlers, also Orthodox but more modern in t...

History of Hate: Crimes Against Sikhs Since 9/11

Posted 08.07.2012 | Religion

The mass shooting of a gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Wisconsin on Sunday is merely the latest chapter in a history of violence. In the months following th...

Republican National Convention: Mormon Blessing For A Mormon Political First?

Posted 08.08.2012 | Religion

-- Spiritual leaders will give invocations and benedictions each day at the Republican National Convention. Will Mitt Romney ask anyone from the Chur...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Blur Women With Modesty Glasses

Posted 08.08.2012 | Religion

JERUSALEM -- It's the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun contact with the opposite sex: Glasses that blur their vision...

The Lost Art Of Political Compromise: An Interview With Al Simpson

Posted 08.08.2012 | Religion
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Alan K. Simpson is one of America’s favorite political pugilists. A lawyer, legislator, and devout Episcopalian, during his four decades in national...

Parshat Ekev: Weekly Torah Portion Summary, Questions, Resources

| Posted 08.09.2012 | Religion

Listen to these laws -- observe them -- and God will keep God's promise: to love, bless and multiply you, your crops and your animals. Do this and no nation will be as great.

Anti-Defamation League Investigates Possible Hate Crime Violation At DeSales

Posted 08.10.2012 | Religion
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How DeSales University reacted to a 2010 dorm vandalism incident has drawn attention to university policy from the Anti-Defamation League. The Anti...

Sikh Temple Shooting Victims: Crowd Gathers To Honor, Mourn Fallen Worshippers

Posted 08.10.2012 | Religion

Hundreds of people streamed into a Wisconsin high school Friday to pay their final respects to six worshippers gunned down by a white supremacist at a...

Sikh Art: Reflections Of A Unique Spiritual, Secular Sikhism Identity (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.12.2012 | Religion

While Sikh art largely celebrates the unique spiritual and secular identity of the Sikh people, it also reflects the artistic diversity of the Punjab ...

God And The Ivory Tower

Posted 08.13.2012 | Religion
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What we don't understand about religion just might kill us. The era of world struggle between the great secular ideological -isms that began with t...

Does Contemporary Neuroscience Support or Challenge the Reality of Free Will?

Posted 08.14.2012 | Religion
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Humans love stories. We tell each other the stories of our lives, in which we are not merely players reading a script but also the authors. As auth...

American Aliyah: North American Jews Move To Israel Despite Risks (PHOTOS)

Posted 08.14.2012 | Religion

BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel -- Despite regional tensions, about 350 Jews from North America landed in Israel on Tuesday, planning to make the Jewish st...

Rev. Sun Myung Moon Hospitalized: Unification Church Founder Treated For Pneumonia

Posted 08.15.2012 | Religion

WASHINGTON — Unification Church founder the Rev. Sun Myung Moon is being treated in an intensive-care unit at a hospital in Seoul for pneumonia....

Rev. Sun Myung Moon In Intensive Care: Unification Church Asks Followers To Pray, Fast

Posted 08.16.2012 | Religion

SEOUL, South Korea — The Unification Church asked followers around the world to pray and fast for its founder, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, who was ...

During Ramadan, Pakistanis Dodge Tax Collectors

Posted 08.17.2012 | Religion

KARACHI, Pakistan — During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Muhammad Tashfeen Khan does what millions of other Pakistanis do: tries to keep his...

Tithing: Where Does the Money Go? Where Should It Go?

Posted 08.17.2012 | Religion

Is giving money the only way to give back? In tough economic times, tithing -- the practice of giving 10 percent of one's income to a religious co...

Kidnapped Mormon Missionaries Reunite After 15 Years To Share Experience

Posted 08.17.2012 | Religion

SALT LAKE CITY — It has been almost 15 years since Andrew Propst and Travis Tuttle were kidnapped and held for ransom in the outskirts of a town in ...

The Second Coming Christ Controversy

Posted 08.17.2012 | Religion

David Jang has become an increasingly influential figure in Asian and now American evangelicalism. He and his followers have founded media outlets and...

Jewels Of Elul 5772: Inspirational Essays On Aging And Jewish Discovery

Posted 08.17.2012 | Religion

Editor's note: There is a great Jewish tradition to dedicate the 29 days in the month of Elul to study and prepare for the coming high holy days. The ...