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Houses of Worship: Worship Blooms in The Lotus Temple
Of the multitude of historic and popular houses of worship in India, one stands out among the most visited sacred sites on Earth: The Lotus Temple of Bahá’í Faith.
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Separation of Church and State In America? No Problem!—Unless…
At the Bangor Christian School in Maine ninth-graders are taught to “refute the teachings of the Islamic religion with the truth of God’s Word.” To work at the school, a…
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What is a Fatwa? A Scholar of Religion Strips the Word of its Stereotypes
When the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued an Islamic edict against Salman Rushdie on February 14, 1989, an Arabic word, fatwa, the cleric used to call…
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Russia Accused of Antisemitism and Exploiting the Suffering of Jews for its Own Agenda in Ukraine
U.S. State Department Accuses Russia of Antisemitism and Exploiting the Suffering of Jews for its Own Agenda in Ukraine
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The Gifts of Taoism
“Go with the flow.” “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” “By letting go all gets done.” “All things change.” “Let it be.” All of these familiar…
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Syndrome K: Ray Liotta Narrates Stephen Edwards’ Documentary About Three Doctors Whose Manufactured “Fatal Disease” Saved Jewish Lives
The best voice-over in film history is Ray Liotta’s 16-minute opening to Goodfellas. Understated, earnest, almost reassuring, it entices the viewer into a world of brute force, bloodshed and butchery. So…
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The Gifts of The Baháʼí Faith
The gift of the Baháʼí Faith is a welcoming religious practice that recognizes and honors all the faiths that have come before it.
Buddhism
Houses of Worship: A Dream of Faith, Thailand’s White Temple—Wat Rong Khun
Thailand is home to the second largest population of Buddhists in the world, with some 64 millions Buddhists and 41,000 temples. Buddhism came to Thailand as early as the 3rd…
Buddhism
Religious Scholars Argue Validity of Digital Buddhist Meditation
Gregory Grieve, who heads the religious studies department at University of North Carolina, Greensboro, holds that the authenticity of digital Buddhist meditation is not the determining factor as to whether…
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Is America a Christian Nation?
There was something different about the early Christians—a tranquility and certainty that was apparent to the outsider.