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Writing as Spiritual Journey

Jewish writing is the experience of listening to, and wrestling with, the soul.

Related Topics: Health, Jewish, Writing, Jewish Writing, editors pick, Writer, spiritual encounter, personal essay, non fiction, Spiritual Journey, fresh language

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STEVEN WALDMAN -- Editor-in-Chief, President and Co-Founder Before starting Beliefnet, he was National Editor of US News & World Report, National Correspondent for Newsweek in the Washington bureau and editor of the Washington Monthly...

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A.J. Jacobs growing beard living biblical year photographic exploration

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Living the Bible Literally

Get a glimpse of Jacobs's biblical year--and learn something about the Bible's most arcane rules--in this photographic exploration of what it means to live the Bible literally in the modern era. Then join Jacobs in a lively discussion about his book and the Bible.

Related Topics: Bible, Hebrew Bible, Jewish, Judaism, Life Lesson, Lifes Purpose, Life Passage, Lessons, Life, Books, Psalms, Biblical, AJ Jacobs, herding sheep, pigeon egg, desert herding sheep, birds nests, stone tablets, jacobs, harvest festival

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A Muslim's Unique Take on Country Music

In the genre of country music, Muslim musician Kareem Salama has found his niche. But he doesn't sing "Allah" with a guitar and a cowboy hat, he just sings of faith.

Related Topics: Islam, Musicians, Muslim, Muslim American, Country Music, Music, cowboy hat, country music album, country music fan, Album, authentic American art, Music Industry, Music Video, Kareem Salamas

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Aging Body, Unchanging Spirit

Integrative medicine expert Andrew Weil talks about what we have to gain by embracing the aging process rather than fighting it.

Related Topics: Health, Aging, Meditation, Spiritual, aging process, Culture, integrative medicine education, Fear, spiritual awakening, products, positive aspects, Sound Bite

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A Spiritual Walk with Kathleen Norris

Best-selling author, poet, essayist and oblate Kathleen Norris talks to Beliefnet about her spiritual life and her latest book 'Acedia and Me'.

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Spiritual Leaders Who Died in 2008

A gallery of spiritual leaders who died in 2008.

Related Topics: Maharishi, Gordon B. Hinckley, Mary Dunn, Warith Deen Muhammad, Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, Church, Leader, Russian church, Life, Spiritual Leader, influential spiritual figures, influential yoga teacher, interfaith prayer services, Faith, Russian church leaders

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Where Did Heaven
Come From?

The idea that Christians go to heaven upon dying isn't found in the oldest books in the New Testament, such as the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Mark. In this excerpt from the new book The Evolution of God , Robert Wright suggests that early Christianity adopted the idea from a competing religion in the Roman Empire.

Related Topics: Christianity, God, Jesus, Theology, Faiths, Egypt, Robert Wright, Pagan, Heaven

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