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Firebird Festival, Phoenixville, PA (annual event)
The 2008 festival will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13, starting around 4 p.m.. The bird will be set alight around 8 p.m.
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http://www.firebirdfestival.com
Deepti Hajela and Jennifer Dobner, "Jewish group wants Mormons to stop proxy baptisms," washingtonpost.com (November 10, 2008)
Via the AP. An advocacy group for Holocaust survivors is mounting a public relations campaign against the inclusion in a LDS genealogical database the names of Jews killed in the Holocaus...
holocaust, judaism, lds, news, postfacebooksource, postrels, religion, rels327, ritual saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111001416.html?referre...
Declaration: "War Against Exploiters of Lakota Spirituality"
This document, condemning in harsh terms the commercialization and vulgarization of Native American (specifically Lakota) spiritual and religious practices, was apparently first circulate...
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http://puffin.creighton.edu/lakota/war.html
Genital retraction syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A little background information on the "penis snatchers" of Congo and elsewhere. From the article: "Medical response generally consists of informing patients that the genitals anatomicall...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penis_panic
Lawrence LeShan, "Why We Love War: And what we can do to prevent it anyway," as published in the Utne Reader (Jan./Feb., 2003)
Editor's introduction: "Portraying humans as basically hating war might actually hinder the important work of deterring it, suggests research psychologist Lawrence LeShan. New psychologic...
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http://www.utne.com/2003-01-01/why-we-love-war.aspx
Cindy Jacobs: Prayer Needed for Global Economies
Description of prayers that God will intercede to assist the NYSE and the Fed. Cindy Jacobs says, "We are going to intercede at the site of the statue of the bull on Wall Street to ask Go...
economics, evangelicalism, financial_crisis, news, postfacebooksource, religion, ritual, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/cindy_jacobs102008.aspx
Palin: "I don't know if you'd use the word 'terrorist'" for abortion-clinic bombers
Brian Williams interviews McCain and Palin on the NBC Nightly News, Oct. 23, 2008. There's a lot in this interview, but I'm clipping it mainly because of what it shows about the slipperin...
abortion, interview, mccain, palin, politics, postfacebooksource, presidential_campaign_2008, rels327, rhetoric, terrorism, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw5SA7Hks9s
US Conference of Catholic Bishops: statement condemning workplace raids as immigration enforcement tactic (Sept. 10, 2008)
The head of the immigration subcommittee of the US Catholic Bishops conference criticizes the increasing use of large-scale armed workplace raids by the ICE as a tool for immigration enfo...
crime, dhs, immigration, law, police, politics, postfacebooksource, religion, roman_catholicism, viareligiondispatches, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.usccb.org/comm/archives/2008/08-130.shtml
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.
christianity, church_and_state, hinduism, india, law, pluralism, postfacebooksource, religion, rels327, south_asia, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bangalore/RSS_demands_ban_on_religious_conversion/article...
Lou Zickar, "As Obama channels Reagan, the real McCain vanishes," Chicago Tribune (Oct. 19, 2008)
A really interesting piece of commentary about the relationship between politics and charisma. The author is a long-time Reagan Republican who's considering a vote for Obama because, to h...
commentary, mccain, obama, opinion, politics, postfacebooksource, presidential_campaign_2008, republicans saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-perspec1019riponoct19,0,5498421.story
Harvey Cox, "The Market as God," The Atlantic Monthly (March 1999)
Theologian Harvey Cox on the apotheosis of "The Market" as the ultimate decider of all our fates. From 1999. Relevant to current thinking about the bailout.
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http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99mar/marketgod.htm
Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Grossman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008)
This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace an...
commentary, interview, islam, israel, judaism, middle_east, palestine, postfacebooksource, religion, rels327, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/394/my_enemy_my_brother
Jonathan Z. Smith, "The Necessary Lie: Duplicity in the Disciplines" (n.d.)
One of J.Z. Smith's articles on teaching religious studies, intended for graduate students just beginning to teach.
academe, criticism, pedagogy, postfacebooksource, posttumblrsource, religion, teaching, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://teaching.uchicago.edu/handbook/tac12.html
Robert Jensen, "The Delusion Revolution: We're on the Road to Extinction and in Denial," AlterNet (August 15, 2008) (lecture)
From the page: "A version of this essay was delivered to the Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace, and Social Movements at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver on Aug. 11, 2008....
commentary, economics, end_of_the_world, energy, environment, future, latoc, opinion, postfacebooksource, sustainability, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.alternet.org/story/95126/the_delusion_revolution%3A_we%27re_on_the_road_to_extinc...
Nathan Rein, The Chancery of God (Aldershot [Hants., UK]: Ashgate, 2008) - promo flyer
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/4499839/Nathan-Rein-The-Chancery-of-God-Aldershot-Hants-UK-Ashgate...
Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years - The Daily Record
THE remains of a woman have been found sitting in front of her TV - 42 years after she was reported missing.
international, news, postfacebooksource, very_upsetting, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/05/16/woman-sat-dead-in-front-of-tv-for...
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...
church_and_state, law, news, postfacebooksource, postgooglereadersource, religion, spirituality saved by: nbr more details ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7354089.stm
"Where Boys Grow Up to Be Jihadis," by Andrea Elliott - New York Times, 11/25/2007
Important piece of journalism about a Moroccan town which has seen a number of young men vanish into the world of jihad.
international, islam, journalism, news, postfacebooksource, postgooglereadersource, posttumblr, religion, rels327, toread, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/magazine/25tetouan-t.html?_r=1&ei=5088&en=b90d4fd66c48a0e1...
Li-Young Lee, "The Hour and What Is Dead," from Rose (1986), read by the author | Poets.org
Li-Young Lee is not only an extraordinary poet, but he's a great reader as well. This poem is not my absolute favorite but hearing it read aloud still gets me a little shaky.
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http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16636
"Can the world afford a middle class?"
This is an interesting, straightforward, clear-eyed article, if not as subtle as the title makes it sound. (It doesn't really mean "middle class," it means "people who aren't living at a ...
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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-naim8feb08,0,3322827.story
Mark Edmundson, "Defender of the Faith?" (NYT Magazine, The Way We Live Now, on Freud and religion, Sept. 9, 2007)
Comments on Freud's Moses and Monotheism , a late work in which the master appears to give some grudging recognition to the value of religion. Archived: http://www.webcitation.org/5Rjez...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/magazine/09wwln-lede-t.html?ex=1190001600%26en=3b34c41bad1...
Polygamous sect ousts boys for worldly vices - International Herald Tribune
Odd story about the fate of young boys expelled from "fundamentalist" (usually polygamous) Mormon communities for offending against the very strict moral standards. Kind of depressing.
conservatives, nbrrrb, news, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, religion, toread, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/09/america/polygamy.php
Oliver Sacks, "The Abyss: Music & Amnesia" (The New Yorker, Sept. 24, 2007)
Oliver Sacks on "the most devastating case of amnesia ever recorded," a man who lost the ability to retain memories for more than a few seconds.
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/24/070924fa_fact_sacks
Typotheque: Cult of the Ugly by Steven Heller
Overview of various perspectives on "ugly" graphic design.
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http://www.typotheque.com/site/article.php?id=68
Wikimono - The first provider of wikis for social networks
This is one of those "might be useful someday" tools I'm filing away for future reference.
2.0, collaboration, facebook, postfacebooksource, social, tools, wiki saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.wikimono.com
"Tardigrades In Space (TARDIS)": European Space Agency project blog
Fascinating. The European Space Agency has shot a bunch of tardigrades or "water bears" (incredibly hardy small organisms) into space to see if they can survive.
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http://tardigradesinspace.blogspot.com
Students for Concealed Carry on Campus - ConcealedCampus.com
An advocacy organization fighting for the rights of students to carry concealed firearms on college campuses. There are various state initiatives to ban concealed weapons from campuses in...
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http://concealedcampus.org
Allegheny College: Exploring Whiteness Conference
An undergrad conference on race at Allegheny College with some real heavy-hitting keynoters (April 4-5, 2008). I am going to try to go. Proposals due Jan. 23.
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http://webtools.allegheny.edu/sites/whiteness/index.php
Use your mobile phone to get better prices on used textbooks
I just saw this and haven't tried it -- if anyone does, let me know how it works out for you. Looks like it could be very useful.
books, check_this_out, cool, education, mobile, postfacebooksource, resources, shopping saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.pazap.com
Web 2.0 "backpack" for students
Some of these tools could potentially be useful. Most are for collaborating with others in one way or another.
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http://www.jeteye.com/jetpak/5019014c-ec58-40d7-8a44-26a71e06485c
Controversy over Oscar Romero's possible beatification
Romero has become a popular hero to many Latin Americans because his unwillingness to moderate his stance against repression and state terror led to his assassination. Now the Vatican fac...
activism, christianity, international, latin_america, nbrrrb, politics, postfacebooksource, religion, roman_catholicism saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080300521.html
Feast of Fools interviews Chocolate Rain's Tay Zonday
This is why I gotta love the Internet. You don't just get Tay Zonday's wacky YouTube video. You get the video, plus the online conversation around it. Turns out he's an Am Civ grad studen...
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http://www.feastoffools.net/gay-fun-show/2007/08/06/fof-585-my-name-is-tay-zonday-080707
Profile of biblical scholar Bart Ehrman (2006)
Journalist Neely Tucker profiles Bart Ehrman, concentrating on the story of his gradual loss of faith as he studied the origins of the New Testament. Nice piece of religion journalism. Ar...
bible, books, christianity, evangelicalism, interview, journalism, nbrrrb, news, postfacebooksource, religion, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/04/AR2006030401369.html
Tips for getting the most out of the Perseid shower this weekend
Earth & Sky has some tips and links for getting maximum enjoyment out of the Perseid meteor shower, which will be at its peak this weekend (thanks to [url=http://clipmarks.com/search/pers...
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http://www.earthsky.org/skywatching/sky-alert-perseid-meteor-shower-peak-this-weekend
Roasted watermelon for dinner? Yes indeed
I really want to try this. It sounds crazy. But it kind of sounds cool too.
cool, fruit, howto, postfacebooksource, recipe, watermelon, weird saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/articles/2007/08/08/watermelon_steak
Talal Asad's new book on suicide bombing is out
Talal Asad -- maybe the most brilliant working theoretician of religion -- has come out with a new book on suicide terror. The Columbia UP site also includes an excerpt and an MP3 of an i...
academe, anthropology, books, gwot, islam, nbrrrb, postfacebooksource, postgooglereader, posttumblr, religion, More... saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/catalog/data/978023114/9780231141529.HTM
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith (TIME Magazine)
The postulator for Mother Teresa's canonization, Brian Kolodiejchuk, has published a book of her letters that reveal her deep doubt and lack of faith regarding the fundamentals of Christi...
christianity, nbrrrb, news, postfacebooksource, religion, roman_catholicism, toread, viareligionheadlines saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1655720,00.html
Medieval sex flowchart: whether it is OK to get it on
Hilarious, and pretty much historically accurate, in fact. By James Brundage.
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http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=33406607&size=o
Digital Campus: how digital media and technology are affecting learning, teaching, and scholarship (podcast)
A biweekly, hour-long podcast on how the web and electronic media are changing education for good or for ill. I think it's from the Center for History and New Media at GMU. Seems very wel...
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http://digitalcampus.tv
"The Time I Helped Some Jews," by bbstucco
A non-Jew describes the bizarre experience of being asked to help a highly observant Orthodox Jew deal with the problem of being locked out of her house on the Sabbath. Pretty bizarre. Ar...
autobiography, nbrrrb, postfacebooksource, religion, viareddit, weird, writing saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.thisisby.us/index.php/content/the_time_i_helped_some_jews
A Reporter at Large: The Interpreter: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
A former missionary turned linguist, Dan Everett, after years of living in the Amazon with the Piraha tribe and studying their language, formulates new arguments in favor of Sapir's more ...
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http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/16/070416fa_fact_colapinto
Archive of Baltic-related KGB documents now online
Via the AHA blogs (blogs.historians.org). A collection of documents related to KGB activities in the Baltic states has now been put online by a consortium based in Lithuania.
europe, history, postfacebooksource, posttumblr, primary_source, russia, toread saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.kgbdocuments.eu/index.php?603764186
"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...
christianity, church_and_state, crime, law, nbrrrb, news, postfacebooksource, religion, u.s.-news saved by: nbr more details ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/us/10prison.html?ei=5124&en=93a79f2540fb3d8d&ex=1347163200...
The Pixies likes you've never heard them before
This is amazing. An a capella glee club doing the Pixies.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCC7dMwKy5o
Another update on Lakshmi Tatma, the 8-limbed toddler
I find it fascinating that people in her home village revered her as a reincarnated goddess and even opposed the surgery.
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http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Nov52007/scroll2007110534202.asp?section=frontpagenews
Do you know where that crucifix comes from?
Via http://snipr.com/1u90g. The Association for Christian Retail (over $4 billion in business annually), following in Wal-Mart's footsteps, uses Chinese sweatshop labor to make crucifixes...
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http://blog.aflcio.org/2007/11/21/crucifixes-made-with-chinese-sweatshop-labor-sold-here