Religious Fundamentalism

Americans Should Protest Nigerian Witch-Hunter's Visit

Michael Mungai | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Africa Witch Hunt, Evangelical Christians, Religious Fundamentalism, Infant Mortality, Helen Ukpabio Nigeria, Helen Ukpabio, Africa Evangelist, Nigerian Child Witch, Impact News

My appeal to rational Americans is to ensure that Nigerian evangelist Helen Ukpabio, with her hateful campaign against defenseless children, knows that she is not welcome in their country.

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For Whose Eyes? My American Gay Sensibilities Collide with Those of a Muslim Friend

Ben Patrick Johnson | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Islam, Religious Differences, Religious Tolerance, Religious Fundamentalism, Gay Voices News

Yosra objected to the visual representation of God, regardless of the light in which it was being presented, and asked that I shield such things from her view by selectively blocking any similar content from appearing on her computer screen.

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An American Imam Preaching Peace In Afghanistan

Imam Abdullah Antepli | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Islam, When Religion Becomes a Curse, Afghanistan, Religious Literalism, Religious Fundamentalism, Islam in Afghanistan, Quran, Haditha, Theocracy, Muslim in Afghanistan, Religion News

How can a beautiful religion, which sustains me and hundreds of millions of others, turn into something ugly, harmful and poisonous like that?

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The Solution to Our God Problems

Wes Nisker | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: God, Holy Wars, Holistic Spirituality, Religious Fundamentalism, Humor and Satire, Comedy News

Why should anybody care if someone uses a different name for god? I simply can't imagine any respectable deity saying with menace, "Hey buddy, what did you call me?"

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Poll: Americans Are Tolerant Of Other Faiths, Except Islam

Posted 11.07.2011

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By Lauren Markoe Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) Americans consider religious freedom a cornerstone of society, but fall short in their tol...

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Does Religion Cause Terrorism? It's Complicated

Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Religious Extremism, Islam and Terrorism, Religious Violence, Faith and Terrorism, Religion and Terrorism, Does Religion Cause Terrorism, Faith and Violence, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion-and-Politics, Does Religion Cause Terrorism? It?S Complicated, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, September 11 Anniversary, Religion News

By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) The shock of the 9/11 attacks was so great, and the personal losses so deep, that many people understa...

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The Common Ground Between Science And Religion

Jeffrey Small | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Paul Tillich, Alfred North Whitehead, Evolution, Faith, Faith and Science, Limits of Science, Scientific Method, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion and Science, Biblical Literalism, Religion Science Debate, Religion News

Critics of religion enjoy pointing out how many wars and how much suffering has been caused in the name of religion. But only science has given us the tools to kill each other in ways never before imagined.

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Are Fundamentalists Fundamentally Violent?

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Anders Behring Breivik Norway Bombing, Christianity, Christian Fundamentalism, Islamic Fundamentalism, Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Bombing, Evangelicals, What Is Fundamentalism, Religious Fundamentalism, Oslo Bombing, Religion News

How can we decide if a person is a fundamentalist? Does his creed or religion in its most fundamental source document, its holy book, teach a violent manifesto?

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A Reflection On Identity And Changing Religious Beliefs

Brandon G. Withrow | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Theology, Personal Identity, St. Augustine, Self-Reflection, Rainer Maria Rilke, Spiritual Journey, Religious Fundamentalism, Religious Journey, Christian Fundamentalism, Religion and Family, Religion News

Time and distance may make it hard for me to remember why I believed what I did once. Why did my early ideas make sense then but now seem so foreign?

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Recanting In The Face Of Religious Extremism

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creationism, Religious Extremism, Radical Christianity, William Dembski, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Evolution, Leyton Mosque, Evolution Weekend, The Clergy Letter Project, Radical Islam, Usama Hasan, Evoluton-Creation Controversy, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion and Science, Islam and Science, Religion News

Unfortunately, when it comes to the evolution/creation debate, Christian fundamentalists are not alone in issuing threats and demanding adherence to religious dogma from their academics.

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Recent Lessons In The Politics Of Fundamentalism

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Fundamentalism, Tea Party Movement, Religious Fundamentalism, Tucson Shooting, Gabrielle Giffords, Congresswoman Giffords, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Salman Taseer, Arizona Shooting, American Fundamentalism, Pakistan Governor Shooting, Religion News

Clearly, we have a much easier time spotting fundamentalisms "over there" than we do in our own backyards. It is time we turn that critical lens on what passes for mainstream America.

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The Bad Faith Of American Exceptionalism

Kent Hayden, M.Div. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Religion, American Exceptionalism, Existentialism, American Fundamentalism, Glenn Beck, Faith in America, Religious Fundamentalism, Religion News

If we are to be an exceptional people, it must be because we are an accepting people -- a people with the humility to include our own normalcy in our identity, and to stand up anyway in the midst of difficulties and do what's right.

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Sexual Obsession And The Fall Of The Religious Right

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gays and Lesbians, Religious Right, Young Americans, Sexual Morality, Homosexuality and Religion, LGBT Issues, Religious Sex Scandal, Religious Fundamentalism, Religious Sexual Repression, Sex in Religion, Pre-Marital Sex, Sex in America, Religion News

Americans need a religious teaching that begins with the premise that sexuality is linked to blessing, commandment and God; that focuses on holiness and self-respect; and that sends the message that each of them is a person of irreducible worth.

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5 Ways You Can Help Pakistan (and the Rest of Us)

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Natural Disasters, Muslim Women, Religious Fundamentalism, Pakistan, Global Climate Mitigation, Pakistan Floods, Climate Change, Pakistan Military Aid, Global Fund for Women, Edhi Foundation, Deforestation, Debt Forgiveness, World News

Some Americans may hesitate to contribute to flood relief because we associate Pakistan with qualities we don't admire. How can we distance ourselves from the qualities we don't like while offering solidarity to the people of Pakistan?

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Questions for Stephen Prothero, Author of God Is Not One

Benyamin Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Islam, Atheism, Atheists, Religious Literacy Prothero, Stephen Prothero Religious Literacy, Religious Differences, God Is Not One Prothero, Religious Literacy Stephen Prothero, Religious Fundamentalism, Stephen Prothero, Stephen Prothero God Is Not One, Prothero Religious Literacy, God Is Not One Stephen Prothero, Religion News

I caught up with Stephen Prothero, author of God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World -- And Why Their Differences Matter, to chat with him about religious zealotry, atheists, and Islamic pride.

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Religious Fundamentalism Should Not Be Affecting Americans' Rights

Fred Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Gay Rights, Moral Majority, Religious Fundamentalism, Abortion Rights, Thomas Jefferson, Stem Cell Research, Conservative-Christian-Groups, Roe vs Wade, Focus on the Family, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Civil Rights, Religion News

What we don't realize is that we, as a nation, have allowed our own country to be ruled in part by our own domestic religious fundamentalism.

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Religion Reloaded: A Changing Landscape

Ivan Petrella | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Mixing Religions, Organized Religion, Religious Fundamentalism, Multiple Faiths, Multi-Religious, Religious Pluralism, Spirituality, Religion News

We're going to yoga and taking Catholic communion. We're studying Zen meditation and keeping kosher. We're reading up on Sufism and believing in reincarnation. Americans are mixing religions.

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Religion Needs Atheism

Samir Selmanovic | Posted 05.25.2011

Atheism does not have to be the end of the enchantment; it can be a new door towards a better religion. Religion does not have to be the opium of the people; it can be the poetry of the people.

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The Sci-Fi Roots Of Modern Fundamentalism

killingthebuddha.com | Jeff Sharlet | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, Christian Fundamentalism, Radical Christianity, Christian Extremism, Fudamentalism, Religious Fundamentalism, Billy Graham, Religion News

Two two-bit radio preachers bringing you the news--on scripture time. Prophecy; ancient patterns revealed; the Russian scheme foretold. The end, nigh....

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Big Think: Jim Wallis Discusses How To Address Religious Fundamentalism (VIDEO)

http://bigthink.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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In an interview with Big Think, Jim Wallis, editor-in-chief of Sojourners, asserted that the antidote to religious fundamentalism is not secularism bu...

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Ugandan Atrocity: Perversion of Religion or the Real Deal?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda Gay Rights, Christianity, Evangelicalism, Religious Fundamentalism, Gay Rights, World News

Both good and bad consequences of "faith" are the direct product of an agreement we make with each other, that it's okay to believe things on paltry evidence, the kind that would never stand up in court.

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Unbuckling the Bible Belt from the Legacy of Slavery

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Religion, Mike Huckabee, South, Religious Fundamentalism, Slavery, Jesus Thieves, Christianity, Bible Belt, Martin Marty, Biblical Literalism, Barack Obama, Healthy Living News

Hardly anyone mentions that the "the Bible Belt" and "the Black Belt" refer to essentially the same part of the country. That easily overlooked fact is of enormous significance.

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To Boldly Go Where No Californians Have Gone Before

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marriage, Proposition 8, Divorce, Religious Fundamentalism, Same Sex Marriage, George Takei, Brad Altman, Japanese Internment, Separation of Church and State, Star Trek, Same-Sex Marriage, Evangelicals, Politics News

Now that he has the legal right to marry, actor George Takei sat down with me enthusiastically gushing about his upcoming nuptials to his partner of twenty-one years, Brad Altman.

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