In a recent post on Foreign Policy, Marc Lynch discusses a Pew Research Center survey which questioned Muslims on their views of their own religion.
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Mormon apostles and voting
by Candice ScharfAccording to a survey conducted by Aaron Campbell, a marketing and campaign consultant in Utah county, a large number of Mormon apostles vote, even in years when there is no presidential election.
August 15, 2012
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Buddhism and the practices of contemporary education
by Candice ScharfRecently, Matt Bieber interviewed Peter Hershock, author of Buddhism in the Public Sphere, for his blog The Wheat and Chaff.
August 16, 2012
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Freedom without religious freedom?
by Candice ScharfRecently on Big Questions Online (BQO), Thomas Farr puts forth and analyzes the question, "Is religious freedom necessary for other freedoms to flourish?"
August 20, 2012
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Call for Applications: Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
by Taline CoxNotre Dame Institute for Advanced Study (NDIAS) has recently announced a call for fellowship applications.
August 22, 2012
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Charles Taylor and Buddhism
by Wei ZhuFor Tricycle, an independent Buddhist publication, Linda Heuman writes on how to understand problems in the transmission of Buddhism to the West, drawing on, in particular, Charles Taylor's work on secularism.
August 23, 2012
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A hard road for an atheist preacher
by Joseph BlankholmIn an article in this past Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Robert F. Worth writes about the four days he spent with Pentecostal preacher turned itinerant atheist speaker Jerry DeWitt.
August 28, 2012
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Pakistan and blasphemy
by Candice ScharfTIF contributor Dr. Ebrahim Moosa recently posted on his blog a statement written by Mawlana Ammar Khan Nasir, editor of the Urdu monthly journal "al-Sharia," regarding the current Pakistani blasphemy charge against Rimsha Mosin, an underage Christian girl.
August 29, 2012
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Group home for prospective nuns
by Candice ScharfIn a recent article from the Religion News Service, Bruce Nolan discusses a new group home for single women who are contemplating whether they want to devote their lives to the church.
August 30, 2012
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People make religions and religions make people
by John D. BoyIn How to Believe, a blog on "great works of religion and philosophy" hosted by The Guardian, Andrew Brown has been writing about Robert Bellah's Religion in Human Evolution.
September 4, 2012