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“Change or Die:” American Buddhism When Baby-Boomer Converts Are Gone

In the current issue of the quarterly American Buddhist magazine Tricycle, contributing editor and former Zen monk Clark Strand makes a provocative claim: that American Buddhism must “change or die.”American converts to Buddhism have focused on spiritual practice to the exclusion of concerns like creating rituals and passing along the tradition to the next generation. […]

20Sep2007 | Andrea Useem | 12 comments | Continued
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Religion and the Presidential Candidates: Fun Facts

 

 
Question: What does the current field of presidential contenders have in common with the Supreme Court bench? Answer: It is disproportionately Catholic.
Using the handily compiled religious biographies of the presidential candidates (which number 16, if undeclared Fred Thompson is included) from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, ReligionWriter discovered these interesting tidbits.
Six out […]

15Aug2007 | Andrea Useem | 1 comment | Continued
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