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Feast of All Saints

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The Pious Infidel

Thomas Jefferson and his drive to 'rescue' Jesus

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Scholarly Smackdown: Is 'The Da Vinci Code' Anti-Christian?

One side: The story defames a faith. The other side: It launched a modern Reformation.

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Scholarly Smackdown: Were Mary Magdalene and Jesus Married?

One Bible scholar says there's no evidence. Another argues that John's gospel and a Gnostic text offer clues to a marriage.

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How Anne Rice Created Her Christ

Rice's novel is rooted in scholarship about Jesus and first-century daily life. But not all scholarship is equal in her eyes.

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Was Dracula a Christian Hero?

Elizabeth Kostova's new best-seller offers readers a Dracula concerned not just with blood, but with the fate of his soul.

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Loose Canon Archive: June 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Rama, Beloved Avatar

On Sri Rama Navami, Hindus everywhere celebrate the birthday of the Ramayana's great hero.

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Swami Uptown Archive: March 2005

Jesse Kornbluth's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Loose Canon Archive: March 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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