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Three Accusations Against Faith

The author of the new book 'Why Faith Matters' defends belief against some of the charges often made against it.

Related Topics: Faith, William Of Occam, David Wolpe, God, Reason, Religion, World, human beings, guiding intelligence, human history, religious people, physical beings, world needs

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Ira Glass and Other Human-Sized People

Ira Glass, the man behind NPR's 'This American Life,' talks about storytelling as a powerful way to create empathy.

Related Topics: Entertainment, Tv, Story, dont, religious people, Radio, aircraft carrier, Therapist, Radio Show, ideal conversion moment, Religious, peoples situations

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Dancing in the Streets

Organized religion suppressed our ecstatic rituals--and we need them back, says Barbara Ehrenreich.

Related Topics: Inspiration, ecstatic, Religion, Dancing, ecstatic rituals, communal ecstasy, ecstatic dancing, Dance, ecstatic religions, danced religion, Church

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The Crusade Against Religion

The battle between naturalists and supernaturalists.

Related Topics: Community, Atheist, Temptation, Religion, charismatic movement, Church, rock concert, stainless steel fixtures, Believers sacrifice time, Intermittent power failures, god

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'Our Gods and Goddesses Are Closer to Us'

How modern pagans are reviving the polytheistic religions of the ancient Greeks, Druids, Egyptians, and other civilizations.

Related Topics: Faiths, Religion, God, Greek gods, reconstructionist groups, religion sociologist, temple room, Reconstructionist, Animal Sacrifice, ancient rituals, Worship

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Violence Unknown Among the Amish

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Hare Krishnas Lifted the Lid on History of Child Abuse

Two years ago, the controversial sect voluntarily disclosed widespread sexual and physical abuse at its boarding schools

Related Topics: News, Abuse, Movement, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Child, abuse case, corporal punishment, boarding schools, controversial religious movements, systematic child abuse

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Saudi Government Questions its Wahhabi Roots

Saudi Arabia has practiced a strict Wahhabi form of Islam for centuries, but Islamic extremism has led to religious questioning.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Religious, Government, religious reformer, Young People, spiritual leaders, rigid gender separation, Religion, touchier issues facing, nurtures extremism