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August 2013

August 17, 2013

The Life of Muhammad: PBS Broadcast

PBS will air on Tuesday, August 20, a new 3 hour documentary on the life...

August 17, 2013

Indigenous Religions: Aboriginal Dreamtime

Aboriginal spirituality--the Dreaming--is part of our unit on indigenous religions. The Dreaming is essentially a...

August 16, 2013

Bride Trafficking in India

PBS correspondent, Fred De Sam Lazaro, suggests that a shortage of brides in India is...

August 16, 2013

Krista Tippet on Compassion

Here is Krista Tippett on Ted Talks discussing compassion. She thinks that we need a...

August 16, 2013

Indigenous Religions: Sacred Land in America

In my World Religions class, we study indigenous religions in Africa, America, and Australia. I...

August 15, 2013

Sam Horowitz Video: Bar Mitzvah Battles Go Viral

Sam Horowitz’s video of his Bar Mitzvah celebration went viral this week. In it, Las...

August 15, 2013

Creation Myths from Big Myth

Studying the role that myths play in religion? Big Myth has some great animated creation...

August 14, 2013

Myths and Sacred Texts

What role does myth play in helping us to understand and define religion? That's exactly...

August 13, 2013

The World Religions Tree: Cool Infographic

I saw this cool inforgraphic on another blog. The page is in Russian but the...

August 13, 2013

Discovering Religious Diversity: Scavenger Hunt

Familiarize your religion students with the religious diversity in your area. Each year I ask...

August 12, 2013

Is Lady Gaga’s Burqa Good for Muslim Women?

This is a fascinating story that students will certainly enjoy and could even debate. In...

August 12, 2013

Missouri Priest Performs Miracle

Did a Missouri priest perform a miracle and help save a 19 year old girl?...

August 12, 2013

Defining Religion: Introductory Lesson

How do the scholars define religion? Marx called it opium of the people.” Freud called...

August 11, 2013

The Raelians: UFO Religion

These are Raelians, if you did not know. They want to rehabilitate the swastika, not...

August 11, 2013

Why Study Religion?

School starts in just a few weeks, so I thought that I would start posting...

August 10, 2013

Buddhist Festival of Souls: Celebrating Ancestors

Ancestor worship. Both the Japanese and the Chinese venerate their ancestors and the tradition dates...

August 08, 2013

Faith-Based Community Initiative: Department of State

Secretary of State John Kerry recognized the importance of religion in politics and foreign policy...

August 08, 2013

Arabic Roots of Science: The Royal Society

The Royal Society, a fellowship of some the most eminent scientists, has a great online...

August 08, 2013

Muslims Prepare for the End of Ramadan

Eid al-Fitr is a two-day festival that marks the end of Ramadan for Muslims around...

August 06, 2013

Buddhists Crawl from China to Tibet temple for pilgrimage

People will do a lot things for faith. Here, the BBC reports, four Buddhist pilgrims...

August 04, 2013

Band of Angels: Women in Early Christianity

The role of women in the development of early Christianity is a question we consider...

August 03, 2013

In Photos: Ramadan in Jerusalem

Great pictures of Ramadan in Jerusalem at the blog, The Electronic Intifada. A resident of...

August 02, 2013

Your Brain on Meditation: Practice Makes Perfect

Brain scans of experienced mediators might help those of us who are new to meditation...

August 01, 2013

The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics Society: Infographic

Muslims number 1.6 billion and make up 26% of the world's population, according to the...

July 2013

July 31, 2013