From Michael Miller's Newsweek article on neuroscience.
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Without God
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenSteven Weinberg examines the tensions between science and religious belief, and mulls over the fate of religion "without God".
The rosary & the swastika
by Nicole GreenfieldJeffrey Weiss on the reappropriation of religious symbols at The Dallas Morning News religion blog.
No such thing as atheism
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenFrom a 2005 commencement speech given by David Foster Wallace, who died earlier this month, apparently having committed suicide.
Debating Islam on Facebook
by Ruth BraunsteinA new post at Thick Culture provides commentary on Jeffrey Fleishman's recent report in the Los Angeles Times on the growing use of social networking sites like Facebook to publicly debate "Islam's role in the new century."
Faith and globalization
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenTony Blair talks with The Daily Show's Jon Stewart [VIDEO].
Dawkins banned in Turkey
by Nathan SchneiderThe Guardian reports that Turkish creationist Harun Yahya has gotten Richard Dawkins's website banned in Turkey
Monks with guns
by Nicole GreenfieldOne year after the protests in Burma, The Christian Science Monitor reports on some of the new tactics young activist monks are turning to.
The God veto
by Nicole GreenfieldKhaled Diad calls for a challenge of those impeding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process by continually invoking God.
Unsettled minds
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenLeigh Eric Schmidt blurbs a new book by Christopher White.