In an opinion piece at The Christian Science Monitor, sociologist Wendy Cadge shares findings from her research (with Elaine Howard Ecklund) on how physicians learn about and deal with their patients’ spiritual and religious beliefs. She concludes that a "holistic approach to medicine requires physicians to understand the complex role of spirituality and religion in compassionate patient care. The best prescription: Integrate these topics throughout medical education."
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books
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
by Charles GelmanVarieties of Secularism in a Secular Age will be published this spring by Harvard University Press. Edited by Michael Warner, Jonathan VanAntwerpen, and Craig Calhoun, this volume emerged out of a 2008 conference organized by the SSRC and Yale University.
January 7, 2010
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Responding to terrorism
by Jessica PolebaumAt the Huffington Post, John L. Esposito explores the appeal of extremist Islamic stances and suggests how the United States might aptly respond to the threat of terrorism and curtail its spread.
January 7, 2010
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‘Interfaith’ includes atheists in NYC
by Ruth BraunsteinThe New York Times reports on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's annual interfaith breakfast, which for the first time in eight years included representatives of nonbelievers.
January 7, 2010
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Abdolkarim Soroush on the Green Revolution
by Jessica PolebaumIn The Christian Science Monitor, Robin Wright interviews Abdolkarim Soroush, Iranian scholar and public intellectual, about the manifesto that he and four others published on behalf of the Green Revolution.
January 8, 2010
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The history of Tony Judt
by Charles GelmanIn a moving portrait of the eminent historian, Evan R. Goldstein traces the trajectory of Tony Judt's career from his adolescent Zionism to the more recent controversies surrounding his advocacy of a bi-national state in Israel-Palestine and forthright criticism of Israeli policy---and, of course, the decades of original and invaluable political and intellectual history in between.
January 8, 2010
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Mary Daly’s passing
by Nathan SchneiderThe pioneering, post-Catholic feminist theologian Mary Daly died on January 3rd at the age of 81.
January 9, 2010
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“The Elders”
by Nathan SchneiderIn The New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses the commitment of a group of world leaders to rid religion of misogyny.
January 11, 2010
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Poll: 29% of Americans say religion “out of date”
by Nathan SchneiderMuriel Kane at The Raw Story reports on a Gallup poll released on Christmas Eve with some new numbers about the shape of religion in the United States today.
January 11, 2010
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Let’s talk about faith
by Ruth BraunsteinNew York Times columnist Ross Douthat argues that "the debate that Brit Hume kicked off a week ago is still worth having. Indeed, it’s the most important one there is."
January 11, 2010