In December 2009, talk show host Glenn Beck topped Billy Graham on Gallup’s list of most admired men. Many of Beck’s admirers are evangelical Protestant fans of talk radio or FOX News. In light of Beck’s strong Mormon faith, this development may mark a new era in evangelical-Mormon ecumenism.
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“Religious-Secular Distinctions”
by Charles GelmanOn January 14-16 the British Academy will host "Religious-Secular Distinctions," a conference intended take up, from an interdisciplinary set of perspectives, the question, "How and why do people---politicians, academics, managers, teachers, journalists, clergy, lawyers---distinguish between religious’ and ‘non-religious’ or ‘secular’?"
January 4, 2010
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The Indian religious marketplace
by Nathan SchneiderHartosh Singh Bal explores why, even as India's religious marketplace has grown more vibrant, the Hindu political party is on the decline.
January 4, 2010
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The state of Shari’a in the UK
by Jessica PolebaumIn The Times, Douglas Murray opines on the foothold Islamic law has gained in British public life and explores how the emergence of Muslim Arbitration Tribunals and the growth of Shari'a-compliant finance may affect British national identity and the rule of law in the UK.
January 5, 2010
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Karen Armstrong’s “big story”
by Nathan SchneiderAt Religion Dispatches, religion scholar and now-activist Karen Armstrong talks with Laurie L. Patton about her more than 20 books and her new Charter for Compassion initiative.
January 5, 2010
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Sacred disorder
by Charles GelmanAt the visually striking Triple Canopy, Nathan Schneider discourses on the devolution of theology into---and, some might say, its eventual eclipse by---a pure science or order, or "planning."
January 5, 2010
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Making big bucks on religious films
by Nathan SchneiderIn The Washington Post, Robert W. Butler notes that more and more Hollywood films are dealing with religion lately, and he explores the causes of this trend.
January 5, 2010
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A haunting Chagall resurfaces in London
by Nathan SchneiderThe New York Times reports that the London Jewish Museum of Art has recently acquired a previously unknown Marc Chagall painting about the Holocaust.
January 6, 2010
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American Jews and Sarah Palin
by John SchmalzbauerThis month's Commentary features a provocative piece (click on the link and scroll down) by Jennifer Rubin on Jewish reactions to Sarah Palin.
January 6, 2010
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“Mr. Potato-head spirituality”
by Charles GelmanAt Trans/Missions, Diane Winston bemoans the latest "display of know-nothingism" with respect to religion and spirituality in an American newspaper.
January 6, 2010