BBC News reported recently on the release of a collection of rare fifth-century Buddhist manuscripts, known together as the Lotus Sutra, in book form in India.
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books
The end of postcolonialism
by John D. BoyThe London-based publisher Zed Books recently released Hamid Dabashi's The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism (distributed in the U.S. by Macmillan).
May 23, 2012
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Dalai Lama to give Templeton money to charity
by David SloaneLast week at BBC News, Robert Pigott reported that the Dalai Lama will give to charity the £1.1 million in Templeton prize money that he was awarded earlier this month.
May 23, 2012
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Religious conflict in Nigeria?
by David SloaneAt GlobalPost, Heather Murdock explains that, for locals, conflict between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria's "Middle Belt" is not entirely about religion.
May 24, 2012
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In defense of Muslim civil liberities
by Candice ScharfAlison Parker, the Human Rights Watch U.S. Program Director, composed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, urging the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the NYPD's surveillance and profiling of Muslims based solely on their religion.
May 29, 2012
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Intolerance in Indonesia
by David SloaneLast week at The New York Times, human rights advocate Benedict Rogers wrote an op-ed piece on the state of religious relations in Indonesia.
May 29, 2012
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American attitudes toward religious minorities
by David SloaneAt last week's 67th annual conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, Daniel Cox, director of the Public Religion Research Institute, presented a paper on American attitudes toward religious minorities in 2012.
May 30, 2012
events
Conference: Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion
by Wei ZhuFrom Thursday, June 14th, to Sunday, June 17th, the Philosophy Department at Ryerson University will host Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion, featuring speakers John Caputo, Bettina Bergo, Morny Joy, Nikolas Kompridis, Ron Kuipers, and Robert Sinnerbrink.
May 31, 2012
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Gallup poll on sin
by David SloaneAt The Atlantic, Molly Ball reports on Gallup's recent poll on Americans' attitudes about sin. According to the poll, Americans find birth control, divorce, and gambling the most morally acceptable, at approval ratings of 89%, 67%, and 64%, respectively, and polygamy (11%), cloning (10%), and adultery (7%) the most morally reprehensible.
June 4, 2012
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Translating Islam in South Asia
by Candice ScharfAt SSRC.org, three former International Dissertation Research Fellows (IDRF) reflect on Ronit Ricci's Islam Translated.
June 5, 2012