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Hindu nationalist organization seeks legislative ban on religious conversions
More evidence that "freedom of religion" doesn't mean the same thing everywhere in the world, at least not according to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/RSS_demands_ban_on_religious_conversion/article...

Rabbis launch pro-Obama group - JTA, Jewish
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jta.org%2Fcgi-bin%2Fiowa%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F2008091620080916rabbisforobama.html
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http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008091620080916rabbisforobama.html

"Ceremonial deism," U.S. civil religion, and the law
A Pew Forum backgrounder on the status of (supposedly) religiously-neutral invocations of a deity by government agents.
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http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=335

"Lord, Save Us from Your Followers," a movie about American "bumper-sticker culture"
A documentary about how our national debate about serious issues has degenerated into sloganeering -- mainly carried out via bumper sticker.
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http://lordsaveusthemovie.com/home.html

Possible new UK law will require psychics to prove claims
If it is passed, the law -- an anti-fraud measure aimed at protecting consumers -- may severely curtail the activities of spiritualist healers, psychics, mediums, and related practitioner...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7354089.stm

Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation .::.
A 2 Chron. 7:14-oriented website. Asks believers to commit to a regular five-minute prayer slot with the goal of building an "unbroken spiritual prayer wall" around the United States.
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http://prayercaucus.org

Debating Mark Lilla on secularism: America magazine [7]
Two contemporary Catholic thinkers take on Mark Lilla's indictment of secularism in the pages of the Catholic periodical America.
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http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10440

Debating Mark Lilla on secularism: America magazine
Two contemporary Catholic thinkers take on Mark Lilla's indictment of secularism in the pages of the Catholic periodical America.
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http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=10439

How evangelicals fell for Bush
Alan Wolfe reviews David Kuo's new memoir, "Tempting Faith." It's a pretty harsh review, but extremely perceptive and intelligent.
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http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20061106&s=wolfe110606

Baptist editorial on Ellison and the Qur'an
A strongly-worded editorial from the Baptist Studies Center on why Congressman-elect Ellison ought to be allowed to use the Qur'an for his swearing-in ceremony, and why religious freedom ...
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http://www.centerforbaptiststudies.org/bulletin/2006/december.htm

Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation .::.
To commit to a five-minute prayer segment one day a week (equivalent to a spiritual brick), which, when united with other partners around the United States, will form an unbroken spiritua...
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http://prayercaucus.org/?page_action=about_us

The Revealer: Teenage Holy War
Jeff Sharlet on BattleCry, an evangelical youth group with an alarmingly militant message ("I want an attacking church!"), a very conservative social ethos, and an interesting anti-commer...
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http://www.therevealer.org/archives/main_story_002836.php

North Carolina Pastafarian suspended from high school for wearing eyepatch
An amusing, but actually quite interesting story. A kid decides to identify himself as a member of the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (which is real, if ridiculous), whose adheren...
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http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200770328123

"Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries," by Laurie Goodstein (NYT)
According to this report, the Bureau of Prisons has drawn up a list of "approved" religious books from all religious traditions. All religious texts not on the list are being "purged" fro...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/us/10prison.html?ei=5124&en=93a79f2540fb3d8d&ex=1347163200...