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Spirituality in a Material World

Awareness isn't something you achieve, says Deepak Chopra. It's what happens when you stop trying so hard.

Related Topics: Health, Body, cell, Awareness, Spiritual Seeking, youre, Spiritual Practice, perceptual artifact, Yoga, cultural ignorance, Spiritual

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How Democrats Lost Their Religion. (It's Not Just the Republicans' Fault.)

Democrats can't win back religious voters without understanding how they lost them. An excerpt from 'The Party Faithful.'

Related Topics: News, Politics, Religious, Political, Religious Voters, Religious Outreach, Voters, Civil Rights, religious faith, religious leaders, Abortion Rights, Religious Right

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Richard Gere Is 'Always Watching the Mind'

The Buddhist actor talks to Beliefnet about Tibet, the Dalai Lama, and how his life is infused with mindfulness.

Related Topics: Faiths, Buddhism, Mind, Chinese, Sentient Beings, Violence, live coverage, athletic contest outside, tibetans, Meditation Practice, getting kind, meditation rooms

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Is Religion 'Built Upon Lies'?

Best-selling atheist Sam Harris and pro-religion blogger Andrew Sullivan debate God, faith, and fundamentalism.

Related Topics: Faiths, Secular Philosophies, Faith, Religious, human, Religion, God, Truth, Science, Reason, Mind, religious moderates

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Meditating for Peace

As wars rage, Buddhists use their inner clarity for global harmony.

Related Topics: Faiths, Buddhism, Nonviolence, Violence, World, Heart, traditional spiritual paths, untapped natural resource, Mind, advocates restraint, Love, resolving conflict

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Wanted: Modern, Not Medieval, Interfaith Dialogue

OK, we got an apology from the pope. But did his remarks warrant such vitriolic anger from parts of the Muslim world?

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Muslims, Violence, religious leaders, emotional reaction, Religious, faith groups, Muslim, disciplined religious organization, worlds religious leaders, Political

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Mother Kali, Much Maligned

From 'The Temple of Doom' to 'Footballer's Wives,' movies and TV shows unfairly portray the goddess as a blood-thirsty demoness.

Related Topics: Faiths, Hinduism, Film, hindus, bloodthirsty demoness, Kali, popular notions, notions, escapist adventure movie, brutal pagan savages, demoness, negative stereotypes

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Culture Warriors United

What the anti-Religious Right books get wrong, and why evangelicals should read them anyway

Related Topics: News, Politics, Evangelical, Book, American theocracy, equal opportunity critic, religious satire magazine, Political, todays literary landscape, fever pitched books arent, Clinton era

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Why They Don't Hate Us

Mark LeVine talks about his new book, which offers a way to change how Muslims, Christians, and Jews think about one another.

Related Topics: News, Politics, Muslims, Muslim, Violence, Islam, Sacred Terror, human nationalism, Muslim Gandhi, World, metal musicians, religious leaders

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What Hindus Think About Apu

Some are offended; others are amused and unfazed. But everyone's paying attention.

Related Topics: Faiths, Hinduism, hindus, single Indian neurosurgeon, sacred elephant statue, Culture, fueling teasers, Writers, peoples perception, melting pot, Religion

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