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    POPS    Glenn Greenwald comments on Sue Myrick's calls for an investigation of CAIR
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    by enbar  10-18-2009    2
     I don't know the full context of this, but it's something I'd like to learn more about.
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    POPS    Nena (yeah, 99 Luftballons) + secret cult + naked time travel = WTF news story of the day
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    by enbar  10-10-2009    2
     I couldn't not clip this, you know?
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    POPS    UN rights commissioner: time to "eradicate the shameful concept of caste"
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    by enbar  10-10-2009   
     Wow. This is fascinating.
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    POPS    Durga Puja is coming up. Swami Sivananda says: do not sacrifice animals for Devi
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    by enbar  9-26-2009   
     Commentary from Swami Sivananda, founder of the Divine Life society, on the observance of Durga Puja. Traditionally, animal sacrifice has often been a part of the ritual, but Sivananda declares this a violation of the principle of ahimsa, which is binding on all Hindus no matter what caste, jati, or situation they belong to. An interesting example of second-order discourse in contemporary non-Western religion.
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    POPS    Photos of the chapel of Los Benedictinos monastery, Santiago, Chile (Correa and Guarda, 1962)
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    by enbar  9-5-2009    1
     A gorgeous modern chapel built in the early sixties and designed by two of the monks resident at the monastery there. I'd love to see this place some day.
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    POPS    From Religion Clause: Iowa school district releases new policy on religion in classrooms
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    by enbar  9-5-2009    2
     Interesting. I'm skeptical of this kind of thing, but it looks like they've got their hearts in the right place, anyhow.
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    POPS    As demand for cosmetic surgery in Saudi, clerics debate its legitimacy
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    by enbar  8-4-2009   
     An interesting piece from the AP in the NY Daily News. Pretty superficial reporting, but it raises some interesting questions.
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    POPS    "Islam is of the devil": a Gainsville, FL church attracts controversy
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    by enbar  7-9-2009    10
     The photo and the pastor's comments pretty much speak for themselves. I probably wouldn't have clipped this except for the final paragraph in the clip -- "we are definitely trying to open up dialogue." This baffles me. I wonder what they're actually trying to accomplish -- presumably the primary purpose of the sign is illocutionary in nature. To the pastor, I would point out that "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial" (1 Cor. 6.12). Is this beneficial?
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    POPS    Baptist Press: Hispanics become "Christians" when they come to the U.S.
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    by enbar  7-8-2009    10
     I assume the headline comes from Baptist Press and not from Barna, the polling organization, but still, the implicit claim that Hispanic Catholics are not Christians strikes me as breathtaking in its audacity. Via BibleBeltBlogger (bit.ly/1YxMX).
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    POPS    Medieval draughtsmanship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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    by enbar  6-20-2009    2
     Many more examples available for viewing in excellent high-resolution reproductions at the museum's blog. This particular image needs to be viewed larger (bit.ly/BZd18) to appreciate the detail and expression of the draughtsmanship.
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    POPS    Tanzanian PM to citizens: witchcraft will not help your crops grow
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    by enbar  5-15-2009    1
     An odd piece of news from Tanzania via the @religionnews Twitter feed. Prime Minister Pinda urges citizens to focus on good agricultural practices rather than witchcraft as a way of increasing crop yields and seeks to promote education as a way of counteracting superstition.
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    POPS    Flagellation and crucifixions: Holy Week observances in San Pedro Cutud, Phillipines
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    by enbar  4-15-2009   
     Pretty staggering. This video is about ten minutes.
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    POPS    Indian Muslims won't allow Mumbai attackers' burial in Islamic cemeteries
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    by enbar  12-1-2008   
     The Indian Muslim Council's spokesman has said that Muslims in India will "take to the streets in protest" if the Mumbai terrorists are buried in an Islamic graveyard, since they have "defamed" Islam.
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    POPS    Hindu nationalist organization seeks legislative ban on religious conversions
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    by enbar  10-24-2008   
     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.
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    POPS    "Ceremonial deism," U.S. civil religion, and the law
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    by enbar  9-3-2008    1
     A Pew Forum backgrounder on the status of (supposedly) religiously-neutral invocations of a deity by government agents.
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    POPS    "Battle Cry," a short Christian video from Whitestone Motion Pictures
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    by enbar  8-30-2008    1
     Not sure what to say about this. It's stirring, it's well-made, it's strange, and I find it theologically and morally very objectionable. Your reaction may be totally different. It's been on YouTube for a while now.
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    POPS    "Religious literacy" courses now required in Modesto, CA public schools
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    by enbar  8-22-2008    25
     More religious knowledge has got to be a good thing, I think. On the other hand, a course like this has got to be fantastically easy to screw up. It would be interesting to study what they're doing and how it's working out. Thanks to ~C4Chaos at Friendfeed for the link.
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    POPS    Homepage of the National Religious Campaign against Torture
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    by enbar  8-18-2008   
     This group has achieved some visibility by distributing simple black banners with the words "torture is wrong" to houses of worship.
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    POPS    California State Legislature instructs health-care licensing boards to condemn torture
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    by enbar  8-18-2008   
     California licensing boards are instructed to inform doctors and other health-care workers holding state licensures that any involvement or complicity in torture or coercive interrogations may result in prosecution.
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    POPS    René Girard, theorist of religion and violence: links and resources
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    by enbar  8-16-2008   
     Just discovered this list of links. Very handy. Girard is probably the premier theorist addressing issues of religion and violence.
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    POPS    "Lost" (the TV show) and religion
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    by enbar  8-11-2008    1
     Bookmarking this mostly to read later.
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    POPS    "Muslim Day at Six Flags"
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    by enbar  8-3-2008    3
     A slightly puffy human-interest story on a recurring event at various Six Flags locations around the country, in which an amphitheater is used as a masjid and halal caterers are brought in.
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    POPS    American Sikh immigrants fear their tradition is slipping away
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    by enbar  8-3-2008   
     Many Sikh temples in the U.S. are alarmed at the relative absence of young people (mostly immigrants' children), who don't speak Punjabi and aren't interested in the old-country traditions.
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    POPS    U.S. mainline Protestantism and the Institute for Religion and Democracy
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    by enbar  8-3-2008   
     Frederick Clarkson, in a 2006 article, outlines the activities of the Institute for Religion and Democracy since the eighties. Mainly funded by right-wing think tanks, he says, it has attempted to foment schism and disrupt governance in the largest denominations in the National Council of Churches.
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    POPS    Australia's Hillsong Church and the "beauty gospel" for teenage girls
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    by enbar  8-2-2008   
     In Australia, a church-run program for troubled teenage girls emphasizes "natural make-up, hair care, nail care" as a way of discovering girls' "created uniqueness." Peculiar.
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    POPS    Pew Forum interview on religion in the military
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    by enbar  7-18-2008    1
     A short interview with Robert Tuttle of Georgetown; focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on the legal issues associated with the chaplaincy
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    POPS    Torah Borntrager on "how I escaped the Amish"
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    by enbar  7-16-2008    3
     A young woman who was raised Amish, but who left the community at age 15, tells her story. This is an interview by Tim Ferris (the time-management guru) -- not what I expected to see at his blog at all, but I assume it's genuine.
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    POPS    How to be a Christian Darwinist (interview)
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    by enbar  7-3-2008   
     I haven't read this - I hope it's as good as it looks. Archived: http://www.webcitation.org/5Z2ZIwS5K
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    POPS    I finally made my own homepage
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    by enbar  6-30-2008    20
     Okay, tell me the truth, is this ridiculous?
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    POPS    Rembrandt's two renderings of the Binding of Isaac
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    by enbar  6-25-2008    2
     The first one is the one Rembrandt did late in his life, and it's arguably a much superior piece of art. In the early one, the image is violent and dynamic, in the later one, it's much quieter -- characterized by a sense of mourning and consolation.
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    POPS    Jesus action figure, $20
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    by enbar  6-25-2008    1
     Read the summary (written for little kids, I guess) of Jesus' life and ministry.
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    POPS    "You Are All Diseased" by George Carlin (1999)
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    by enbar  6-24-2008    3
     With regard to the terrorism jokes -- keep in mind, this is pre-9/11...
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    POPS    Little-known religious license plates (besides South Carolina's)
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    by enbar  6-22-2008    2
     South Carolina recently approved legislation to create license plates with the message "I believe" accompanied by a cross and stained-glass window. Here are a few other options for less-popular religions.
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    POPS    UK study reveals: religion is for stupid people!
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    by enbar  6-16-2008    16
     For the record, I think this is absolutely effing ridiculous. The last paragraph of the clip pretty much sums it up. How can this kind of garbage be treated as real research?
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    POPS    "Lord, Save Us from Your Followers," a movie about American "bumper-sticker culture"
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    by enbar  5-12-2008   
     A documentary about how our national debate about serious issues has degenerated into sloganeering -- mainly carried out via bumper sticker.
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    POPS    Maurice Bloch: religion is a consequence of imagination
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    by enbar  5-6-2008   
     Maurice Bloch produces what sounds on first glance like a neo-Durkheimian theory of religion with a foundation in cognitive psychology. I need to look more closely at this.
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    POPS    Possible new UK law will require psychics to prove claims
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    by enbar  4-19-2008   
     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 practitioners. Raises some interesting church-state issues.
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    POPS    The religious studies classroom today (Mark Taylor)
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    by enbar  3-28-2008    10
     The eminent philosopher and critical theorist of religion, Mark Taylor, on the changing climate for religious studies as an academic subject: as people become more religious, scholarship becomes more contentious.
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    POPS    Illustrations of the "Harrowing of Hell"
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    by enbar  3-22-2008   
     Happy Good Friday, everybody. Here are a few interesting historical images of the "harrowing of Hell" tradition drawn from various Christian iconographic sources.
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    POPS    David Hume's epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1734
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    by enbar  3-9-2008    1
     In his early 20s, the great Scottish philosopher, David Hume, wrote this "letter to a physician" (unidentified, but probably Arbuthnot) giving an account of his melancholic symptoms and his efforts at self-treatment.
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