At Religion Dispatches, Bruce B. Lawrence explores the ongoing conflict in Mindanao and argues that to conceptualize the conflict as a purely religious one would oversimplify the situation.
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Rethinking secularism: The power of religion in the public sphere
by The EditorsOn October 22, 2009, over 1000 people gathered in the vast and venerable Great Hall at New York City's Cooper Union to listen to four of our time's preeminent public intellectuals discuss the place of religion in contemporary politics and public life. We have gathered links to recordings, transcripts and other materials related to this event, as well as relevant posts from the archives of The Immanent Frame. We encourage you to browse, read, listen and, of course, contribute your own reflections to our ongoing discussion of "the power of religion in the public sphere."
December 4, 2009
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Evangelicals and nuclear abolitionism
by Nathan SchneiderAt First Thoughts, Brian Auten discusses the Two Futures Project, led by Baptist minister Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, and the prospects for a vigorous anti-nuclear weapons movement among today's evangelicals.
December 5, 2009
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Islamic finance undergoes test in Dubai
by Jessica PolebaumIn the New York Times, Heather Timmons reports on the looming debt crisis in Dubai and the questions that it elicits concerning the legal mechanisms of Islamic finance.
December 7, 2009
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Teaching Islam in high school
by Laura DuaneAt the Weekly Standard, Stephen Schwartz writes on recent changes in the ways American textbooks represent Islam.
December 7, 2009
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Religion and art: friends or enemies?
by Nathan SchneiderReligion and art seem to be in hot contention in the blogosphere of late . At Blogging Religiously, reporter Gary Stern discusses a controversial painting of the Hindu goddess Kali on display at a State University of New York museum. Also, in the Guardian's Belief section, the editors are asking readers and columnists, "Does God have all the best art?"
December 7, 2009
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The story of the Salvation Army
by Laura DuaneAt NPR, Michel Martin talks to Diane Winston about the religion of the Salvation Army.
December 7, 2009
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A tale of two Franks
by John SchmalzbauerFranklin Graham and Frank Schaeffer are outspoken sons of famous evangelical leaders. President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, the former is a supporter of Sarah Palin and generally regarded as more conservative than his dad. A convert to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the latter is one of Palin’s most vocal critics and dramatically more liberal than his late father, the Calvinist apologist Francis Schaeffer.
December 8, 2009
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Scientists who believe in god
by Laura DuaneDavid Masci writes about a recent Pew poll, in which scientists registered their views of god.
December 8, 2009
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The varieties of unbelief and the ghost of Richard Dawkins
by Nathan SchneiderWhen the City University of New York's Graduate Center decided to convene a session of its Great Issues Forum around the question, "What Are the Varieties of Unbelief?" they seem to have tried as best they could to avoid a New Atheist-style foodfight. But foodfight it pretty nearly was.
December 8, 2009