The Anti-Defamation League is reporting a large upswing in anti-Semitism on the internet as the economic crisis worsens.
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The controversy of Kol Nidre
by Laura DuaneAnticipating Kol Nidre, Michael Weiss has written an article in Slate discussing the controversy that surrounds this facet of Yom Kippur.
October 8, 2008
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Why don’t candidates debate religion?
by Ruth BraunsteinJacques Berlinerblau at The God Vote asks why the candidates discuss---but do not debate---religion.
October 9, 2008
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Obama territory
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenNathan Schneider at Religion Dispatches.
October 9, 2008
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humanitarianism • activism • media • religion
by Laura DuaneA public panel and media project, cosponsored by the SSRC and the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University.
October 9, 2008
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Secularism’s home address
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenFrom yet another review of Charles Taylor's A Secular Age...
October 9, 2008
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Two kinds of fear
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenFrom an interview with Charles Taylor...
October 10, 2008
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More religion vs. science
by Nathan SchneiderThe UK's Independent has a big article with a big question: "can the divide between God and rationality be reconciled?"
October 11, 2008
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Why is America so religious?
by Nicole GreenfieldCharles M. Blow offers the question up for discussion in the New York Times.
October 11, 2008
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Can religion control pain?
by Laura DuaneGet Religion's Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans critiques an article in the Guardian about a study citing religious belief as a source of pain relief.
October 12, 2008