Book Burning

A Man of God With Blood on His Hands

William Laney | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Florida, Evangelical Christianity, The Quran, Terry Jones, Dove World Outreach Center, Book Burning, Media News
William Laney

I live within walking distance of the Dove World Outreach Center, and I could easily have witnessed the burning of a Quran there last Saturday afternoon. But like nearly all other Gainesville, Fla., residents, I chose not to acknowledge the act of Islamophobia by Terry Jones.

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Top Christian Stereotypes of 2011

Christian Piatt | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Progressive Christianity, Piatt, Humor, Christian, Rick Perry, Lgbt, Religion, Politics, Left Behind, Ethics, Rick Santorum, Book Burning, Missouri, Christianity, Christian Piatt, Joel Osteen, Terry Jones, Newt Gingrich, Republic, Religion News
Christian Piatt

I thought for my final post of the year that I might share my "favorite" Christian stereotypes of the year.

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Thousands Of Rare Books, Journals, Writings Burned In Egypt

AP | AYA BATRAWY | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Egypt Protests, Book Burning, Institute D'egypt, Mohammed Al-Sharbouni, Cairo, Egypt, Libraries, Books Burned, Egypt Riots, Books News

CAIRO — Volunteers in white lab coats, surgical gloves and masks stood on the back of a pickup truck Monday along the banks of the Nile River in...

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WATCH: Colbert Slams O'Reilly-Hating Troops

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Book Burning, Video, The Colbert Report, O'Reilly Book Burning, O'Reilly Colbert, Bill O'Reilly Stephen Colbert, Bill O'Reilly, Afghanistan O'reilly, O'reilly Book Burn Soldiers, Pinheads and Patrios, Comedy News

When Stephen Colbert caught wind of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan who were less than pleased to get a box of Bill O'Reilly's book "Pinheads and Patri...

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Books For Polygamous Town's Library Burned

The Salt Lake Tribune | Copyright 2011 the Salt Lake Tribune. All Rights Reserved. This Material May Not Be Published, Broadcast, Rewritten or Redistributed. | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Book Burning, Polygamy, Library, Burned Books, Arizona, Colorado City, Polygamists, Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Books News

Hundreds of books intended for a library in the border town of Colorado City, Ariz., were burned in a bonfire over the weekend, officials and communit...

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Is America A Nation Of Book Burners?

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Religious Tolerance, Afghanistan Riot, Book Burning, Religious Freedom, Terry Jones Quran Burngin, Interfaith Engagement, Terry Jones, Koran Burning, Christian-Muslim Relations, Quran Burning, Religion News
Stephen Schwartz

The issue of Americans as book-burners transcends that of the desecration of the Quran. Of course Terry Jones has the right to do what he did, but is it right for him to do so?

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Jon Stewart Grants Fans Permission To Burn His New Book (VIDEO) (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Plugging his new book last night on his show, Jon Stewart granted an unconventional permission to his fans: "And unlike other books -- whose name I ...

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Ashes From Burning Libraries

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexandrian Library, Fundamentalism, Hypatia, Knowledge, Fanaticism, Books, Agora, Book Burning, Entertainment News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Agora's title names its true core. Agora means "marketplace", but it had a more specific meaning in older Greek: it was the place where people met to discuss ideas.

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Pentagon Mission

Washington Post | Peter Finn and Greg Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Defense Department is attempting to buy the entire first printing - 10,000 copies - of a memoir by a controversial former Defense Intelligence Age...

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Burning Jesus: Religion in the Shadow of American Society

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayhill Fowler

Religious belief, even though it is a prime mover of humanity, has become an area of knowledge and experience where media fears to tread. This is a major shortfall.

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Burn A Bible, Save A Kitten

Mark Morford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terry Jones, Book Burning, Moronism, Tim Ravndal, Burn a Koran Day, Fred Phelps, Westboro Baptist Church, Glenn Beck, Tea Party, God Hates Fags Church, Burn a Quran Day, Islam, Terry Jones Islam, Terry Jones Quran, Dove World Outreach Center, Religion News
Mark Morford

Way out there on the wicked, broken fringes of society, those ugly and savage edges that always seem to be moving ever closer to the mainstream and a...

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The Really Good Thing About Book Burning

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Koran, Quran, Book Burning, Dove World Outreach Center, Quran Burning, Politics News
Robert J. Elisberg

The reason the proposed Quran book burning by a Gainesville church is good is that there is finally an issue again that will bring Americans together. Right?

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Why Holy Books Can't Really Be Burnt

Rodger Kamenetz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rodger Kamenetz

The ultimate Torah is not a physical object, but a holy manifestation of the ineffable. To draw the primordial Torah down into letters and words is a supreme feat all in itself. Even if no one ever reads it.

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Qur'an Burning: The 5 Steps that Brought Us to this Point and Why Religious Communities Must Resist

Rabbi Arthur Waskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow

There has emerged not only bigotry but another wave of interfaith engagement. Those of many religious and ethical communities gathered to condemn the burning of the Quran and to affirm all sacred texts, all sacred gathering places.

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Book Burning

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tina Dupuy

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Who the Hell Are We?

Elissa Altman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Quran, Gainesville, Newtown CT Deer Cull, Sex Shop, Ground Zero, Mosque, Federal Ignorance, Book Burning, Video, Healthy Living News
Elissa Altman

It never ceases to amaze me: just when I think we're actually starting to turn the corner where humanity is concerned, we about-face and start draggi...

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Book Burning: North Carolina Church To Destroy "Satan's Books"

Raw Story | Kathleen Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Religious Extremism, Censorship, Book Burning, Books, North Carolina, Books News

A Baptist Church near Asheville, N.C., is hosting a "Halloween book burning" to purge the area of "Satan's" works, which include all non-King James ve...

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