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January 2015

January 25, 2015

A Sikh Captain America

Watch what happens when a young Sikh, dressed as Captain America, hits the streets of...

January 25, 2015

Criticizing Saudi Clerics: 10 Years, 1000 lashes

What happens to you in Saudi Arabia if you criticize Muslim clerics on your blog....

January 23, 2015

Wedding Cakes Not for Same Sex Couples

Should a private business, like a bakery, be forced to cater a gay wedding if...

January 22, 2015

Hagia Sophia & Blue Mosque Explained

Wow! Here's a great primer on the the history of the Hagia Sophia and the...

January 21, 2015

Secularism & Religious Identity

Here's a fascinating story about freedom of religion and secularism. Does religious freedom mean that...

January 19, 2015

Islam, Politics, & Religion: Charlie Rose

Here's a fascinating twenty minute segment from the Charlie Rose show on PBS in which...

January 14, 2015

Engaged Buddhism & Thich Nhat Hahn

Teaching engaged Buddhism? Here's great clip about Thich Nhat Hahn from the Religion and Ethics...

January 13, 2015

Muslims Condemning Terrorists

Watch Jon Stewart skewer Rupert Murdoch and others who believe that moderate Muslims should condemn...

January 11, 2015

Are Depictions of the Prophet Forbidden?

Not specifically, according to scholar and author, Reza Aslan, author of "Zealot: The Life and...

January 09, 2015

What Drives Muslim Extremism?

Here the PBS News Hour tries to get to the root of Muslim extremism in...

January 08, 2015

Charlie Hebo, Islam, Freedom of the Press: Resources

The brutal attack on the the French satirical magazine and the murder of its cartoonists...

January 06, 2015

A Day in the Life of a Zen Monk

Studying Zen Buddhism? Here are two short clips, one about a day in the life...

January 04, 2015

Caves of the Thousand Buddhas

Teaching Buddhism? Check out the Mogao Caves in the Dunhuang oasis of the Gansu...

January 03, 2015

Human Rights Crisis in CAR: Resources

According to this excellent and graphic story from Human Rights Watch, the civil war between...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

Animated Eastern Philosophy: Alain de Botton

These animated videos about the Buddha, Zen Buddhism and Taoism, "distill Eastern thought into fun,...

December 16, 2014

Buddhist Art from Myanmar: New Exhibit

The Asia Society in New York City will premiere a major new exhibit of Buddhist...

December 12, 2014

Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler: New PBS Series

Author Bruce Feiler (Walking the Bible) launches a new series with PBS this month called...

December 11, 2014

US, Ukraine Students at Global Summit on Human Rights

Today, my students in the United States discussed human rights and religious freedom during a...

December 09, 2014

Picturing the Virgin Mary in Art: New Exhibit

Discover the many faces of the Virgin Mary at this terrific new exhibit at the...

December 04, 2014

Jihad: Holy War or Personal Struggle?

Does the Islamic term "jihad" mean "personal struggle" or does it, as many Americans believe,...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

Big Buddha Gets Makeover

Meet the Mengshan Mountain Giant Buddha. He's the second largest stone carved Buddha in the...

November 29, 2014

Arbaeen: World’s Biggest Shia Pilgrimage

It's one of the largest pilgrimages in the world rivaling or even surpassing the number...

November 26, 2014

Alan Watts in Animated Clips

Alan Watts, the author of the 1957 classic, The Way of Zen, helped popularize Zen Buddhism in...

November 22, 2014

Status of Jerusalem for Passports

Can an American citizen list Israel as their place of birth, instead of Jerusalem? That's...

November 21, 2014

The Story of Human Rights

Studying human rights? Here's a touching, engaging, and excellent primer illustrating what they are and...

November 17, 2014

Learning Human Rights with Face to Faith

Do your students know what human rights are? Are they familiar with current cases in...

November 16, 2014

Guardians of Shinto Shrines

An angry dog? No! It's a Shinto guardian in Tokyo. It's called a Komainu or...

November 13, 2014

School System Strikes Religious Holidays

Wow! Muslims asked the Montgomery County School Board in Maryland to add the Muslim holy day...

November 04, 2014

The Seven Wonders of Buddhism

Learn the history and development of Buddhism from some of its greatest sites. British historian...

November 03, 2014

Pema Chödrön: Quieting the Mind

Teaching Buddhism? The first five minutes of this 2006 Bill Moyers interview with Pema Chödrön...