Religion
Buddhism
Right think and wrong think about Muslims
Weasel Zippers (blog)San Francisco Chronicle - Sep 3, 2010
—Majorities view other major religions favorably: 91 percent for Christianity, 71 percent for Judaism and 58 percent for Buddhism. The negativity comes ...
Christianity
Beck vs. Obama: Whose Version of Christianity Is More Mainstream?
Daily MailAOL News - Sep 3, 2010
"Too often, and for too long, American 'Christianity' has been a political agenda in search of a gospel useful enough to accommodate it," Russell Moore, ...
Catholicism
History repeats in anti-Islamic mood
Atlanta Journal Constitution - Sep 2, 2010
The important question isn't whether Lincoln and Obama actually practiced Catholicism or Islam; it's why so many of us have cared. ...
Mormonism
Beck's faith troubles some fans
The Economist (blog)Columbus Dispatch - Sep 3, 2010
"Many of the people you'd say are members of the Christian right would consider Mormonism to be cultish, and so what's interesting is that Beck is seemingly ...
Protestantism
White House distances Obama from liberation theology
Daily Caller - Sep 2, 2010
... to a version of Christianity dubbed as “liberation theology,” and argued that the president's beliefs are more akin to traditional Protestantism. ...
Jehovahs Witnesses
Can loneliness really damage your health?
Independent - Aug 23, 2010
I have just read an article in the AWAKE magazine published by Jehovahs Witnesses highlighting the problem of loneliness. It certainly needs to be addressed ...
Hinduism
Julia Roberts not the first celebrity to hug Hinduism
Sify - Sep 2, 2010
Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) is not the first entertainment celebrity to hug Hinduism or its concepts-symbols-terminology. ...
Islam
Farrakhan supports planned mosque near ground zero
The Associated Press - Sep 2, 2010
WASHINGTON — Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Thursday an Islamic community center and mosque planned near ground zero should be built because ...
Judaism
Back from the USSR, Judaism enjoys German renaissance
AFPAFP - Sep 3, 2010
LEIPZIG, Germany — Judaism is making a comeback in Germany 65 years after the Holocaust, thanks largely to immigration from the ex-Soviet Union, ...
Shiism
Why Najaf matters in post-war Iraq
Washington Post - Aug 27, 2010
In Najaf, Quietist strains of Shiism dominate and advocate greater separation of mosque and state. From the Iranian city of Qom, ayatollahs promote a vision ...
Sikhism
A Sikh Temple Where All May Eat, and Pitch In
NDTV.comNew York Times - Aug 30, 2010
Sikhism, which emerged in the Punjab region of India in the 15th century, strongly rejects the notion of caste, which lies at the core of Hinduism. ...
Sufism
Sufism is the only tool to retain peace in world: Israel ambassador
Times of India - Sep 2, 2010
"From this place, I want to give the message that sufism is the only tool which could retain peace and harmony in the world," said the ambassador. ...
Confucianism
Green blot on the Red dragon
Business Standard - Sep 2, 2010
... the interplay of ideas between the pragmatic, human-centric precepts of Confucianism and the nature-worshipping, harmony-seeking philosophy of Daoism. ...
Taoism
Stillness conquers heat
Asia Times Online - Sep 1, 2010
Then, with the fall of communism and the new rediscovery of Confucianism, China could not but help to also dig out Laozi's Taoism. This is about the Tao, ...
Jainism
Hindus greet Jains on Paryushana
Sify - Sep 1, 2010
Jainism, an ancient religion which emphasizes non-violence and which derives its name from jinas (spiritual victors), aims at liberating the soul by freeing ...
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrian and Parsi are synonymous: Dinshaw Mehta
Daily News & Analysis - Aug 25, 2010
He had not just converted to Zoroastrianism, but was being trained as a priest. Conversions are not permitted in our religion. A petition has been filed in ...
Unitarian Universalism
Famous Unitarians part of local celebration
Sioux City Journal - Sep 3, 2010
They are all part of the same religious tradition, Unitarian Universalism (also referred to as Unitarians or UUs). Five United States presidents were ...
Rastafari
Fyah Bun
Jamaica Observer - Sep 3, 2010
PSYCHOLOGIST Dr Leahcim Semaj argues that the popular theme of 'fyah bun' may have transformed Rastafari into an ...
Shinto
Atheism
My purpose in debating Christopher Hitchens on the afterlife
Washington Post (blog) - Sep 3, 2010
Hence, the necessity of atheism and agnosticism. I would argue that religion learns more about itself from its critics than it does about its admirers. ...
Paganism
The 'Greenslide' is a backslide into paganism
Australian Conservative (blog) - Sep 2, 2010
In recent weeks, Bob Brown has triumphantly announced a 'Greenslide'. But it is yet another reflection of how our democracy has become determined by the ...