Tilman Nagel examines the beginnings of Islam and the rise of Mohammed.
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Enduring questions grants from the NEH
by Nathan SchneiderThe National Endowment for the Humanities is offering new grants for undergraduate courses that probe "fundamental concerns of the humanities."
September 18, 2008
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Vice, virtue, and Yemeni women part II
by Laura DuaneThe Yemen Observer ran a second interview about the fatwa issued by the Vice and Virtue Commitee banning women from Yemeni politics.
September 18, 2008
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Memoirs of a Pentecostal boyhood
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenMichael Warner, in his 2004 contribution to Curiouser: "I was a teenage Pentecostalist..."
September 18, 2008
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Academic citations at The Immanent Frame
by Ruth BraunsteinRegular readers of The Immanent Frame may notice a new feature of the site---at the bottom of each post, there is a link that says "[view academic citations]." Should you click this link, you will see a version of the following, customized for each piece...
September 18, 2008
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Academic citations at The Immanent Frame
by Ruth BraunsteinRegular readers of The Immanent Frame may notice a new feature of the blog---at the bottom of each post, we have added a tool that creates customized academic citations. For more details on this feature and more discussion of the evolving debate over the academic status of blogs, visit The Immanent Frame's newest collaborative venture, here & there.
September 18, 2008
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Teaching evangelicals about pentecostals
by Daniel VacaChristianity Today, the flagship evangelical magazine, has provided its readers with a primer on pentecostalism and the Assemblies of God.
September 19, 2008
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Evangelicalism and the sexual revolution
by Laura DuaneFrom an excerpt of Dagmar Herzog's Sex in Crisis...
September 19, 2008
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Vice, virtue, and Yemeni women part III
by Laura DuaneTawkkol A. Karman---a member of the Majlis al-Shura (Consultative Assemby) at the Islamist party Islah and the chairwoman of Women Journalists Without Chains---is the focus of the Yemen Observer's third interview discussing the Vice and Virtue Committee's fatwa on women in politics.
September 19, 2008
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Maher is “Religulous”
by Laura DuaneJennifer Hahn at The Scoop, the USC Knight Chair in Media and Religion blog, writes about Bill Maher's new documentary, Religulous.
September 20, 2008