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ReligionWriter is On Vacation Until July 8
Until then, enjoy this photo of internally displaced Sudanese schoolgirls.
Andrea Useem | June 27th, 2008 | Continued
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God and Forgiveness on the Bathroom Floor: Immaculee Ilibagiza and the Rwandan Genocide
Some books are so powerful, so disturbing, I almost hesitates to recommend them or pass along a copy to a friend. Left to Tell, a spiritual autobiography written by a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, is one such book. A friend who read it at her church lent it to me, and the book spent […]
Andrea Useem | June 17th, 2008 | Continued
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When Orthodoxy Is Good for You: Making Sense of the “Hajj Effect”
Headlines about Islam usually write themselves: A Muslim blowing up innocent people is dog-bites-man. A Muslim acting thoughtful or funny or anything besides angry is man-bites-dog. The obvious headline from a recent academic study, “Estimating the Impact of the Hajj: Religion and Tolerance in Islam’s Global Gathering,” fell into the latter category: Three economists […]
Andrea Useem | June 10th, 2008 | Continued
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Is Obama’s Real “Faith Asset” His Ability to Speak the Language of American Civil Religion?
Last June, at the Wharton Leadership Conference, Richard Greene, a well-known public speaking coach, offered his prediction that Barack Obama would win the Democratic nomination on the basis of his amazing strengths as an orator. Glossing over the fact that Greene said Romney would win the Republican nomination for the same reason (great speaking skills), […]
Andrea Useem | June 4th, 2008 | Continued
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Neuroscience is Not Just for Buddhists: Reflections on the Physiology of Belief
Mega-pundit David Brooks has been talking a lot about neuroscience and religion lately. His column, “The Neural Buddhists,” was on the New York Times‘ “Most Emailed” list, and at this month’s Faith Angle conference in Key West — where the Pew Forum on Religion & Public LIfe invites the nation’s elite journalists to talk religion […]
Andrea Useem | May 29th, 2008 | Continued
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Andrea! What kind of picture is that to leave people with before you vacation? Those girls looked pissed off! But ...
The article was thought provoking and interesting, but I was most interested to find this comment appended to it, "Here’s ...
salamualaikum.
good article. to answer priscilla's article, i think there is some truth to what she has said. basically, when ...
The Amish living an illusion of a self-sufficient life. They are not entirely self-sufficient, they benefit from trade and ...
That was a great review! I'm going out to get the book now. 
i am mohamed abdulle hussein my nationality is somali i am a refugees in yemen naden i am with my ...
Thank you for your wonderful review. I will look out for the book. I'd just like to say ...
Assallamualaikum,
I am sorry to hear that you, among others, had a negative experience with "Salafi's". But, know that every person ...
I happened to see this post about Immaculee Ilibagiza's book. I thought you might be interested in knowing Immaculee is ...
Assalamu alaikum
You are right that Muslims shouldn't always portray themselves as the victims, but I think that Native Deen was ...
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