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Extremists for Love

The Jain perspective on nonviolence.

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What Are You Afraid Of?

Can Buddhism and other religions mix? Here's what the Buddha said.

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India's Faiths in New Frames

Dinesh Khanna talks about his photographic journey through India, published in his book 'Living Faith.'

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Jain Retreat Center Preserves Ancient Faith

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What Jains Believe

Central tenets of this faith, based on the questions in the Belief-O-Matic quiz.

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Green Jell-O and Other Sacred Delicacies

Our favorite church-food recipes, like all faith-related foods, are anchored in our most basic feelings about what we eat

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Shiva's Shapely Saints

The curator of a Hindu art exhibit says that, for many devotees, inner spiritual beauty must be accompanied by beauty of form.

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'Normal People With Weird Beliefs'

J. Gordon Melton, a noted expert on new religions, describes what the Raelians have in common with early Methodists.

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God of Small Things

Is your religion insect-friendly?

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