Links for 2006-11-01 [del.icio.us]

• Why I ditched Buddhism. - By John Horgan - Slate Magazine
  A criticism of Buddhism. Sort of a peculiar little article. Might be useful in teaching.
• Telegraph | Comment | We were brought up to hate - and we do
  Nonie Darwish, remembering her own childhood, bitterly condemns the bigotry inherent in the way children in the Muslim world are raised to view non-Muslims and Westerners.
• The Christian Paradox (Harpers.org)
  Bill McKibben with a bitter condemnation of what he sees as the contemporary American misinterpretation of Christianity.
• Joe Bageant: The Covert Kingdom
  A liberal's essay in Counterpunch reflecting on his relationship with his fundamentalist family.
• NPR : From Agnostic to Atheist
  Marion Winik reflects on why she switched from calling herself an "agnostic" to calling herself an "atheist," and what she dislikes about religion.
• Richard Dawkins: Is Science A Religion?
  Richard Dawkins on why science is not "a religion." From 1999.

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• Why I ditched Buddhism. - By John Horgan - Slate Magazine
  A criticism of Buddhism. Sort of a peculiar little article. Might be useful in teaching.
• Telegraph | Comment | We were brought up to hate - and we do
  Nonie Darwish, remembering her own childhood, bitterly condemns the bigotry inherent in the way children in the Muslim world are raised to view non-Muslims and Westerners.
• The Christian Paradox (Harpers.org)
  Bill McKibben with a bitter condemnation of what he sees as the contemporary American misinterpretation of Christianity.
• Joe Bageant: The Covert Kingdom
  A liberal's essay in Counterpunch reflecting on his relationship with his fundamentalist family.
• NPR : From Agnostic to Atheist
  Marion Winik reflects on why she switched from calling herself an "agnostic" to calling herself an "atheist," and what she dislikes about religion.
• Richard Dawkins: Is Science A Religion?
  Richard Dawkins on why science is not "a religion." From 1999.

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Links for 2006-10-05 [del.icio.us]

• For Sen. Allen, Questions of Much More Than Faith - washingtonpost.com
  The WaPo reflects on the revelation of Sen. George Allen's Jewish roots and on his public response thereto. Interesting.

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Links for 2006-09-25 [del.icio.us]

• A New Face for Islam in North America
  LA Times on the election of Ingrid Mattson as the first woman and first convert to be president of the Islamic Society of North America.

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Links for 2006-09-20 [del.icio.us]

• Putting a Different Face on Islam in America - New York Times
  Notes on the election of Ingrid Matson, a 43-year-old American convert, as the first female president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA).

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Links for 2006-09-05 [del.icio.us]

• Fire and Brimstone, Guns and Ammo
  A piece in the Washington Post about the new "Left Behind" video game, called "Left Behind: Eternal Forces."

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Links for 2006-08-28 [del.icio.us]

• Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/13/2006 | Teen crusade: Tune out, not in
  This is old news - from May 2006. A pre-report on BattleCry Philadelphia, sponsored by Teen Mania (leader is Ron Luce). An evangelical anti-pop-culture gathering for teens.

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Links for 2006-08-26 [del.icio.us]

• Weighty matter: Is religion making us fat?
  Odd little piece in the Chicago Sun-Times about a recently-discovered statistical correlation between American Protestantism and obesity. Evangelicals are fattest.
• newtimesbpb.com | News | Allah Drops In
  The Broward-Palm Beac New Times covers a conflict between a hard-right, African American evangelical celebrity preacher and an Islamic organization hoping to build a mosque. Good local religion journalism.

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Links for 2006-08-17 [del.icio.us]

• Jewish Standard Out of my Jewish box
  Mohsin sent me this back in May 2006 when it came out. Nicely written piece on a young Jewish woman who attends an interfaith "pilgrimage" and what it changes about her Jewish identity.

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Links for 2006-07-01 [del.icio.us]

• Religion Trends :: Luring teenagers to religion
  A news story from 2004 (posted on an apologetics blog) on the new strategies adopted by evanegelical leaders to "lure" teenagers to their congregations, e.g. body-piercing contests.

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Links for 2006-07-16 [del.icio.us]

• Marching as to War
  A profile of "Mikey" Weinstein, the USAF veteran and former lawyer for the Reagan White House who is suing the Air Force Academy in Colorado for alleged "religious favoritism and proselytizing."

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Links for 2006-07-25 [del.icio.us]

• Christian Retailers Put Their Print on Products - Los Angeles Times
  A story from the LAT on Christian merchandising. GetReligion calls it the yearly "Jesus junk" story (snurl.com/tv31).

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• Christian Retailers Put Their Print on Products - Los Angeles Times
  A story from the LAT on Christian merchandising. GetReligion calls it the yearly "Jesus junk" story (snurl.com/tv31).

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Links for 2006-07-16 [del.icio.us]

• Marching as to War
  A profile of "Mikey" Weinstein, the USAF veteran and former lawyer for the Reagan White House who is suing the Air Force Academy in Colorado for alleged "religious favoritism and proselytizing."

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Links for 2006-05-02 [del.icio.us]

• Loyalty Day, 2006
  Bush's Loyalty Day (5/1) 2006 proclamation. Loyalty Day has been around since the '30s (see http://answers.com/loyalty+day). This document emphasizes the celebration of military service.

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• Religion Trends :: Luring teenagers to religion
  A news story from 2004 (posted on an apologetics blog) on the new strategies adopted by evanegelical leaders to "lure" teenagers to their congregations, e.g. body-piercing contests.

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Links for 2006-05-13 [del.icio.us]

• A Leap of Faith
  On nonbelieving new parents who begin exploring organized religion for the sake of their children. Interesting choice of subject for religion journalism, I think.

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• A Leap of Faith
  On nonbelieving new parents who begin exploring organized religion for the sake of their children. Interesting choice of subject for religion journalism, I think.

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Links for 2006-05-02 [del.icio.us]

• Loyalty Day, 2006
  Bush's Loyalty Day (5/1) 2006 proclamation. Loyalty Day has been around since the '30s (see http://answers.com/loyalty+day). This document emphasizes the celebration of military service.

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Links for 2006-05-01 [del.icio.us]

• The Catholic Standard - News | Easter Vigil a celebration of faith and unity at St. Camillus Parish (April 20, 2006)
  A description of a very multicultural Easter Vigil service (Saturday night, April 15, 2006) at St Camillus parish, Silver Spring, MD, including interviews with candidates (i.e., for confirmation), converts, and catechumens. I was there.
• Rein's Religion Blog
  My own blog. This is a test submission via Diigo.

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