At Religion in American History, Paul Harvey blogs about Immigration and Religion in America: Comparative and Historical Persectives (NYU Press, 2008), a product of the SSRC's Migration and Religion Program edited by Richard Alba, Albert J. Raboteau, and Josh DeWind.
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“The Year of the Abusive Priest”
by Charles GelmanAmid the maelstrom of reportage surrounding the Vatican's meiotic response to recent revelations of further sexual abuses in various arms of the Church, Anthea Butler offers a sharp reproof of Pope Benedict's evasion of the gravity of the issue and its implications for the future of the See.
March 30, 2010
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Commentary: Obama distorts meaning of Passover
by Charles GelmanJennifer Rubin accuses Barack Obama of diluting and distorting the message of Passover.
March 30, 2010
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Divining the Message, Mediating the Divine
by Ruth BraunsteinThe Columbia University Religion Graduate Students Association is sponsoring a conference in New York City this weekend on the relationships between media, mediation, and religion. Find details about the conference, "Divining the Message, Mediating the Divine," here.
March 31, 2010
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We Have Never Been Secular
by Ruth BraunsteinIf you cannot attend the religion and media conference hosted by the Columbia University Religion Graduate Students Association this weekend, fear not. On April 9, you can attend the New School for Social Research's 2010 Sociology Graduate Student Conference, "We Have Never Been Secular: Re-Thinking the Sacred in the Modern World."
March 31, 2010
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The science of morality
by Laura DuaneSam Harris, author and vehement secularist, argues that science can create a moral code as effectively as religion can.
April 1, 2010
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“How the health care bill made nuns rad”
by Ruth BraunsteinAt Slate, Noreen Malone notes that American nuns were instrumental in countering the conservative position of the Catholic Bishops during the recent health care battle, but explores whether the next generation of nuns will be more conservative than their progressive predecessors who "were formed in the crucible of Vatican II."
April 1, 2010
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Islam on the rise in Brazil’s favelas
by Sam HanAt Shadow and Act, Tambay Obenson posted a video about the rise of Islam in Brazil's favelas. The clip, from France 24's This Week in the Americas feature, interviews mostly young Muslim men who were introduced to Islam, interestingly, through American hip hop music.
April 5, 2010
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Taking stock of the rage against God
by John D. BoyAt the Guardian's Comment is Free blog, Madeleine Bunting offers a stocktaking of the "God debate" since the publication of Dawkin's The God Delusion. She focuses mostly on publications by British writers, including Terry Eagleton and Karen Armstrong. With a sense for paradox that would make Chesterton proud, Bunting concludes that, in a kind of dialectical inversion, the New Atheists' attempt to make religion unacceptable had the effect of spurring more interest in it.
April 5, 2010
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Nicholas Kristof to discuss “covering conflict”
by Ruth BraunsteinOn April 12, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University will host a conversation and book signing with Nicholas D. Kristof, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and columnist for the New York Times.
April 5, 2010