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May 2014

May 28, 2014

What is Apostasy? Why Important?

What is apostasy and where is it practiced? According to this excellent article in the...

May 28, 2014

Meditation: What You Need to Know

What is meditation? What is the difference between prayer and meditation? These are the questions...

May 26, 2014

Religion Documentaries Online

Top Documentary Films has has an awesome library of films and documentaries about religion. Many...

May 21, 2014

10 Misconceptions about Buddhism

Buddhist scholars Robert E. Buswell Jr. and Donald S. Lopez Jr. review these common misconceptions...

May 20, 2014

Stunning Sacred Sites

Here are two amazing sacred sites, the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar and the Salt Cathedral...

May 19, 2014

Varanasi: City of Light: Video Clip

Studying Hinduism? Here's a great five minute clip about the holy Hindu city, Varanasi. The...

May 18, 2014

Ancient Chinese Buddha Statues: Choked by Soot

The Yungang Grottoes in northern China, which contain thousands of Buddhist statues from the 5th...

May 18, 2014

Boku Haram & Nigeria

A 15 year old survivor of the Boku Haram kidnapping relates her horrifying story in...

May 17, 2014

Reza Aslan: Jesus No Pacifist

Here's an interesting clip in which Reza Aslan discusses Jesus and notes that he was...

May 16, 2014

Muslims in the United States: A People’s History

Muslims have a rich history in the United States, especially among enslaved Africans, according to...

May 14, 2014

The Ganges River: Soiled & Sacred, Now Political

Cleaning the sacred Ganges River is now at the center of the big Indian election...

May 13, 2014

Happy Birthday Sidhartha

Vesak Day celebrates the Buddha's birth and enlightenment and Buddhists celebrate the day around the...

May 05, 2014

Supreme Court Upholds Right to Prayer

These two clips, the first from CNN and the second from the PBS News Hour...

May 04, 2014

China: World’s Largest Christian Country?

Could China become the world's largest Christian country? That's what some scholars believe, according to...

May 03, 2014

Qigong Master Projects his Ch’i Energy

Watch a Qigong master show Bill Moyers the power of ch'i, as he projects his...

May 03, 2014

Alabama Chief Justice: 1st Amendment only Protects Christians

Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court reminds us why we should all...

May 01, 2014

Sikh Barred from Jury Duty because of Dagger

Should a Sikh be barred from jury duty because he carries a religious dagger? A...

May 01, 2014

A Mosque Designed by Women in Turkey

This is the the Şakirin Mosque in Turkey. It's beautiful and it was designed by...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Did a Woman Help Write the Quran?

Professor Ruqayya Khan, chair of Islamic Studies at Claremont Graduate University in California, argues that...

April 30, 2014

Yikes! Robertson Likens Islam to Nazism

Pat Robertson also says that like Nazism and Communism, Islam aims toward world domination!

April 29, 2014

What Does it Mean to be a Buddhist?

How different is Buddhism from the Abrahamic religions? What does it mean to be...

April 27, 2014

Why Study Religion

Nicholas Kristof, an op ed columnist for the New York Times, makes a strong case...

April 26, 2014

Varanasi: City of Light and Death

Here is a fascinating and touching story about Varanasi, the most sacred place for devout...

April 26, 2014

30 Days: Living as a Muslim

Teaching Islam? Here's an interesting documentary about what it's like for a West Virginia Christian...

April 25, 2014

Two More Saints

Here's an interesting biographical review of the two popes who will be canonized this weekend,...

April 25, 2014

Nine Myths about Hinduism Debunked

Did you know that Hinduism, despite its many gods, is not polytheistic. Or, that Hindus...

April 24, 2014

Virtual Tour of Al Aqsa Mosque

Take a virtual tour of the Al Aqsa Mosque. It's on the Temple Mount in...

April 24, 2014

What is Yoga?

Here is a great animated review of the four major Hindu yoga traditions: Bhakti, Karma,...

April 23, 2014

Controversy over 9/11 Museum Film

Here's an interesting debate for a religions class. Should the National September 11 Memorial Museum...

April 21, 2014

How Young Sikhs Fight Bias

Here's a great story about religious intolerance and how one group of young Sikhs is...

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