The Pew Forum has done it again with their latest in a series of polls that show the dumbification of America. Just when we think this country is full of Kumbaya singers, universal proselytizers and everyone reading the same page on religion, we discover that people of faith, in essence… can’t friggin’ read! Or if
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Sure I believe in God, but what’s a Bible?
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Eric Horner: ‘In God We Trust’
As one of the most influential Hindus and peacemakers, Gandhi’s approach to peacemaking is instructive for the U.N. in a number of ways.
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Varun Soni: Gandhi, Hinduism and Non-Violence at the United Nations
‘Mindfulness, the heart of Buddhist meditation, is at the core of being able to live life as if it really matters. It has nothing to do with Buddhism.
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Fully experiencing the present: a practice for everyone, religious or not
Nevada (US), Oct 1 : Renowned Hindu statesman Rajan Zed is urging fellow Hindus to do a better job of educating Americans about Hinduism and remove misconceptions about it.
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Zed urges fellow Hindus to educate Americans about Hinduism
Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, 2011 Saint Francis University Loretto, Pennsylvania 15940 CALL FOR PAPERS We cordially invite undergraduates to submit proposals for the fifth annual North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy. Submissions are encouraged from students majoring in all academic fields. Although any paper related to religion and philosophy will be considered, priority will be given to those addressing this year’s theme, “ Race in America .” As philosopher Cornel West asserted, “A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.” Accordingly, this year’s conference will forthrightly address philosophical and religious questions of race and how these questions relate to politics, culture, society, and history
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CFP: Undergrad Conference on Race in America
Once upon a time there was a man named Jesus who came to this jacked-up place to sacrifice his life for mankind. You see, his Daddy determined a perfect sacrifice is what was necessary to redeem the lives of the rest of us
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Barack Obama does understand we all chose Christ, right?
Kelly Baker H ere’s some interesting reading for your Thursday over at Religion Dispatches and Religion Nerd .
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Thursday Reading: Religious Knowledge, Religious Studies and the Tea Party’s Religion
First the ‘saffron terror’ controversy, then the Kashmir unrest and now the verdict on the Ayodhya dispute. The saffron brigade couldn’t have asked for more.
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Bapu, Hinduism and saffron terror
by Christopher Jones The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life has released the results of its U.S.
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A Quick Overview of the Results from the Pew Forum’s U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey