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December 18, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Monks lose relevance as Thailand grows richer
The monks of this northern Thai village no longer perform one of the defining rituals of Buddhism, the early-morning walk through the community to collect food. Instead, the temple’s abbot dials a local restaurant and has takeout delivered.
December 18, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: How some Israelis see the sacred in settlements
As Rabbi Dovid Ben Meir leads visitors through the ruins of this ancient city, believed to have served as the Jewish capital more than 3,000 years ago, his love of history is clear.
December 16, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Hungary's Jews face down new extremism
A week after a leader of Hungary's far-right Jobbik party called for lists of prominent Jews to be drawn up to protect national security, Janos Fonagy stepped forward.
December 14, 2012 - The Times of India
Times of India: Turban pride restored as Sikhs win school turban ban case against France in UN
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) has ruled that France's ban on the wearing of "conspicuous" religious symbols in schools - introduced in a law adopted in March 2004 - violated a Sikh student's right to manifest his religion, protected by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
December 14, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: Chicago Muslims aim to reclaim meaning of 'jihad' from extremists
An Islamic-American advocacy group is trying to reclaim the word “jihad,” one city bus at a time.
December 13, 2012 - The Times
The Times: Beijing strips Ma Daqin of his title of auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai
Relations between China and the Vatican were tense yesterday after Beijing revoked the title of a newly ordained Catholic bishop.
December 10, 2012 - Reuters
Reuters: Islamic banks to expand, compete for mainstream clients: study
Islamic banks are set to expand as they compete increasingly with conventional lenders in attracting mainstream customers, according to a report by consultancy Ernst & Young released on Monday.
December 03, 2012 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: For Mormon feminists, progress 'with an asterisk'
When the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently reduced the age requirement for missionaries by one year for men, to 18, and by two years for women, to 19, the number of women applying to serve jumped five-fold.
December 03, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Orthodox leader deepens progressive stance on environment
At a conference near Istanbul last June, the chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall spoke about the endangered habitat of what she called “our closest relatives.”
December 03, 2012 - Newsweek
Newsweek: Rick Warren's Resurrection
“Have you hugged a pastor today!?”
December 02, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Missouri bishop’s conviction leaves clergy divided
In the three months since Bishop Robert W. Finn became the first American prelate convicted of failing to report a pedophile priest, lay people and victims’ advocates have repeatedly called for his resignation.
November 30, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: For Amish, fastest-growing faith group in US, life is changing
For Jacob Beachy, life moves along much as it always has.
November 30, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Some wish Islam would inform climate debate
At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine.
November 28, 2012 - The Associated Press
AP: Rastafarianism grows in Jamaica after long disdain
The robed Rastafarian priest looked out over the turquoise sea off Jamaica's southeast coast and fervently described his belief that deliverance is at hand.
November 25, 2012 - The Christian Science Monitor
CS Monitor: In world's most religious country, humanists rally for secular space
In Ghana, where deeply held religious beliefs unite much of the population, a new group has formed around a shared disbelief in religion.
November 24, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Colombian evangelical Christians convert to Judaism, embracing hidden past
They were committed evangelicals, devoted to Jesus Christ.
November 24, 2012 - The Washington Post
Wash. Post: Afghan’s Shiite minority fears a return to old ostracism
For the past week, the Afghan capital has been draped with black cloth arches and festooned with huge colored banners. Mournful, pounding chants pour from loudspeakers across the city, filling the air with slow martial intensity.
November 19, 2012 - Los Angeles Times
LAT: Ever misunderstood, Sikhs savor teaching moments
The first slide professor Nirvikar Singh flashed on his PowerPoint showed the faces of six Sikh worshipers gunned down the previous month in Oak Creek, Wis., by a man with white supremacist ties.
November 11, 2012 - The New York Times
NYT: Generational shift in black Christianity comes to Harvard
More than 60 autumns ago, a young Atlantan named Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to start graduate school at Boston University.
November 10, 2012 - The Los Angeles Times
LA Times: Focus on the Family head takes conciliatory tone after election
As the head of Focus on the Family, Jim Daly might be considered one of the nation's leading culture warriors — a title that certainly applied to his predecessor, James Dobson, who founded the organization and built it into a powerhouse of the conservative evangelical movement.
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