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February 1, 2013: T...
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Her letters, papers, photographs, and library all remain inaccessible to the public, so historians and scholars are unable to tell her story in full.

February 1, 2013: The Rosa Parks Papers

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February 1, 2013: The Rosa Parks Papers

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Her letters, papers, photographs, and library all remain inaccessible to the public, so historians and scholars are unable to tell her story in full.

February 1, 2013: G...
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"We’re not promoting faith. We’re not even promoting interfaith. We’re promoting understanding,” says Dr. Douglas Kindschi, director of the Kaufman Interfaith Inst...

February 1, 2013: Grand Rapids Interfaith Year

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February 1, 2013: Grand Rapids Interfaith Year

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"We’re not promoting faith. We’re not even promoting interfaith. We’re promoting understanding,” says Dr. Douglas Kindschi, director of the Kaufman Interfaith Institute at Grand Valley State University.

February 1, 2013: S...
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This expression of Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, "is creating an atmosphere to pray, and it’s an offering. I think it’s just a physical way of expressing t...

February 1, 2013: Sufi Whirling Dervishes

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February 1, 2013: Sufi Whirling Dervishes

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This expression of Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, "is creating an atmosphere to pray, and it’s an offering. I think it’s just a physical way of expressing this love for the divine, and in the whirling it becomes a mediation," says Manjula Kumar, a program manager at the Smithsonian Institution.

January 25, 2013: R...
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The president’s second inaugural address embraced American exceptionalism and invoked the "founding creed" of the Declaration of Independence.

January 25, 2013: Religion at Obama’s Second Inaugural

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January 25, 2013: Religion at Obama’s Second Inaugural

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The president’s second inaugural address embraced American exceptionalism and invoked the "founding creed" of the Declaration of Independence.

January 25, 2013: T...
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“Our main goal is not to cause any harm or additional stress to families,” says Nancy Spinner, head of genomic diagnostics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

January 25, 2013: The Thousand-Dollar Genome

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January 25, 2013: The Thousand-Dollar Genome

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“Our main goal is not to cause any harm or additional stress to families,” says Nancy Spinner, head of genomic diagnostics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

January 25, 2013: R...
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A mature religious faith,” says Rev. Lillian Daniel, is “practiced in community over time.” It is “reasonable, rigorous, real, grounded in tradition, and centered ...

January 25, 2013: Rev. Lillian Daniel on “Spiritual But Not Re...

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January 25, 2013: Rev. Lillian Daniel on “Spiritual But Not Religious”

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A mature religious faith,” says Rev. Lillian Daniel, is “practiced in community over time.” It is “reasonable, rigorous, real, grounded in tradition, and centered in worship.”

January 18, 2013: I...
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“We saw the president as the one who would bring us together as a country, and what we learned in the first administration is that we were not yet ready to be that...

January 18, 2013: Inauguration Perspectives of People of Faith

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January 18, 2013: Inauguration Perspectives of People of Faith

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“We saw the president as the one who would bring us together as a country, and what we learned in the first administration is that we were not yet ready to be that country,” says Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

January 18, 2013: E...
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Three religious leaders continue their conversation about the mood of the country as President Obama’s second inaugural approaches and consider the crisis of gun v...

January 18, 2013: Extended Inauguration Perspectives

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January 18, 2013: Extended Inauguration Perspectives

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Three religious leaders continue their conversation about the mood of the country as President Obama’s second inaugural approaches and consider the crisis of gun violence and the inability of American society to deal with conflict. Violence, says theology professor Harold Dean Trulear, is “who we are as Americans.”

January 18, 2013: L...
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“I marvel at people’s ability to not only live through what they experienced, but not to become consumed by hatred…they recognized that even in the midst of evil, ...

January 18, 2013: Lynching and Forgiveness

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January 18, 2013: Lynching and Forgiveness

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“I marvel at people’s ability to not only live through what they experienced, but not to become consumed by hatred…they recognized that even in the midst of evil, God was still with them.”

January 18, 2013: H...
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Maha Kumba Mela or Big Pitcher festival commemorates a story that describes the god Vishnu's fight with demons to gain possession of a golden pitcher containing th...

January 18, 2013: Hindu Kumbh Mela Festival

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January 18, 2013: Hindu Kumbh Mela Festival

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Maha Kumba Mela or Big Pitcher festival commemorates a story that describes the god Vishnu's fight with demons to gain possession of a golden pitcher containing the nectar of immortality. During the battle, some drops fell to the earth on the pilgrimage sites.

Religion and Downto...
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One subtheme of the series, says Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary, is that “there are complexities in our past, there are a...

Religion and Downton Abbey

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Religion and Downton Abbey

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One subtheme of the series, says Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary, is that “there are complexities in our past, there are ambiguities, there are moments of pain that we live with but don’t want to share with everybody.”

Religion and Downto...
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One subtheme of the series, says Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary, is that “there are complexities in our past, there are a...

Religion and Downton Abbey

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Religion and Downton Abbey

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One subtheme of the series, says Rev. Ian S. Markham, dean and president of Virginia Theological Seminary, is that “there are complexities in our past, there are ambiguities, there are moments of pain that we live with but don’t want to share with everybody.”

January 11, 2013: R...
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"There are no scriptural barriers to the ordination of women,” says Jane Via, a Roman Catholic woman priest in San Diego. But theology professor Thomas Rausch main...

January 11, 2013: Roman Catholic Women Priests

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January 11, 2013: Roman Catholic Women Priests

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"There are no scriptural barriers to the ordination of women,” says Jane Via, a Roman Catholic woman priest in San Diego. But theology professor Thomas Rausch maintains that “the Catholic Church is not ready for the ordination of women right now.”

January 11, 2013: P...
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“In Louisiana, you’ve got all these prison entrepreneurs who are mostly local sheriffs who have built these prisons, and the prisons function just like hotels. The...

January 11, 2013: Prisons for Profit

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January 11, 2013: Prisons for Profit

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“In Louisiana, you’ve got all these prison entrepreneurs who are mostly local sheriffs who have built these prisons, and the prisons function just like hotels. They get a payment per person per day, and if they don’t keep the beds full they’re going to lose money,” says reporter Cindy Chang.

January 4, 2013: Re...
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Protestants still make up most of Congress, but this week a Hindu and a Buddhist were also among those sworn in.

January 4, 2013: Religion and the New Congress

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January 4, 2013: Religion and the New Congress

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Protestants still make up most of Congress, but this week a Hindu and a Buddhist were also among those sworn in.

January 4, 2013: Al...
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Some Turkish Alawites say their concerns are driven less by sympathy for the Assad regime than by a fear of what might replace it.

January 4, 2013: Alawite Anxiety in Turkey

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January 4, 2013: Alawite Anxiety in Turkey

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Some Turkish Alawites say their concerns are driven less by sympathy for the Assad regime than by a fear of what might replace it.

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April 27, 2012: Conversations Before Dying

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April 27, 2012: Conversations Before Dying
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“Deeply listening to what it is they’re saying." That, says young hospice chaplain Kerry Egan, is the most important gift she offers to the dying patients she ministers to in New Bedford, Massachusetts.