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Religion Boosts Self Control

Kevin Rounding (Queen's University, Ontario, Canada) has run a series of experiments which suggest that religious beliefs can actually boost your ability to stay focussed and resis... Read more

Paperblog Pick in Religion

Political Theology & Civil Religion

In this review of Simon Critchley’s The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology (2012), David Winters comments: “Throughout his career, Critchley has... Read more

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Catholics Sue Over Obama’s Healthcare Mandate

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, accused Mr. Obama of 'strangling' the church with his birth control... Read more

The 23 May 2012 by Dan90017
Current, Politics, Society
Old Soldiers, Young Soldiers…

I apologize in advance that this is a long post—but I pray it will stir you. The topic has surely stirred me. I pray you will pass it along to a young soldier,... Read more

The 10 May 2012 by Caryschmidt
Spirituality
Academic Claims Jesus Christ Was a Hermaphrodite

Jesus Christ: A Hermaphrodite? The background Jesus Christ’s gender is something we all know. Isn’t it? Dr Susanna Cornwall, of Manchester University’s Lincoln... Read more

The 09 May 2012 by Periscope
Debate, Philosophy, Society, Spirituality
Self-Acceptance in the Media

I’m very into music, and I noticed a recent upsurge in songs promoting positive body image in the past year or so. Here’s a collection of a few of my favorite... Read more

The 25 May 2012 by Starofdavida
Debate, Society
Fear & Spirit Loathing in Melanesia

Few books in the history of anthropology have had a larger or more lasting impact than Bronislaw Malinowski’s Argonauts of the Western Pacific. Read more

The 25 May 2012 by Cris
Biology, Culture, Debate, History,
Nearly 90 Kids Had the Best Time of Their Young Lives…and Learned About God in...

DVBS. Many of you may not know these four letters. But to nearly 90 kids, nearly 30 volunteers, and not to mention an exhausted yours truly, they’re four letter... Read more

The 27 May 2012 by Lessonsofadad
Family, Parenting, Self Expression
Fear & Spirit Loathing in Melanesia (2)

Now that we have some background on Melanesian ethnography and animism, let’s look at Theodore Schwartz’s “Cult and Context: The Paranoid Ethos in Melanesia”... Read more

The 27 May 2012 by Cris
Biology, Culture, Debate, History,
Non-religious More Likely to Donate Their Bodies to Science and Organs to Other...

Here's a simple, but compelling study. Jon Cornwall (University of Otago, New Zealand) and colleagues from Ireland and South Africa surveyed 200 people who had... Read more

The 08 May 2012 by Tomrees8
Debate, Science, Society, Spirituality
My Way Or His Way?

Perhaps the overwhelming struggle of the Christian life boils down to those five words—my way or His way.Recently, I was counseling a godly young lady who put... Read more

The 27 May 2012 by Caryschmidt
Spirituality
God’s Unfolding Will in Our Lives…

I must be completely honest—today was a day that I never thought would happen. And in fact, that’s sort of the story of my life for the past couple of years. Read more

The 28 May 2012 by Caryschmidt
Spirituality