Oliver Kamm distinguishes the two.
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Religion and web technology
by Nathan SchneiderThe tech blog ReadWriteWeb has begun a series on religion and web technology.
Rabbis for Obama
by Laura DuaneJacques Berlinerblau discusses the newly minted organization Rabbis for Obama.
Rising religious bigotry in Europe
by Laura DuaneThe Pew Research Center's Pew Global Attitude Project has mapped an increase in unfavorable views of both Jews and Muslims in Europe.
Sharia in Britain
by Nicole GreenfieldTobin Harshaw of The New York Times with a roundup of web commentary on Britain making Islamic law legally binding.
Melancholic freedom
by Jonathan VanAntwerpenWayne Proudfoot blurbs David Kyuman Kim's Melancholic Freedom.
Promoting religious freedom
by Laura DuaneThe Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, an arm of the State Department, has recently released the International Religious Freedom Report for 2008.
Stand-up Sikhs
by Laura DuaneNarinder Singh writes in Newsweek about his attempts to teach Americans about Sikhism through stand-up comedy.
Generation faithful
by Nicole GreenfieldThe sixth article in a New York Times series examining young lives throughout the Muslim world centers on Dubai.
Web 2.0 & the pace of scientific debate
by Ruth BraunsteinReaders at Clavi Non Defixi are debating the merits of our recent announcement about academic citations at The Immanent Frame. One commenter pointed to an interesting article in The Economist, which reports the launch of Research Blogging, "a website which acts as a hub for scientists to discuss peer-reviewed science."