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Study on religion finds young adults less affiliated but not less believing
Is faith losing its grip on the young?
Obamas spiritual life takes more private turn
He named a best-selling book after a pastors sermon and was outspoken as a candidate about the value of faith in public life.
A Buddhist moment in America
Until Friday, when Tiger Woods stood up in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and apologized for his sexual infidelities, the American public confession was a Christian rite.
Burma plans crackdown on monks as election nears
The military authorities in Burma are planning a crackdown on the country's Buddhist monks to "discipline" them ahead of forthcoming elections.
Muslims turning to home schooling in increasing numbers
On a chilly afternoon in western Loudoun County, a group of children used tweezers to extract rodent bones from a regurgitated owl pellet.
Dalai Lama doesn't fault Obama for low-key meeting
The Dalai Lama says he doesn't fault President Obama for his low-key reception in Washington because he recognizes that the president must juggle ties to the Tibetan spiritual leader with concerns about angering China.
Indonesian clerics mull motorcycle helmet fatwa
Indonesia's leading clerics are considering a religious edict against riding a motorbike without a crash helmet to promote safety on the chaotic and deadly roads of the world's most populous Muslim country.
Arrest of prosecutor in Turkey exposes tensions between secular and religious Turks
The arrest of a state prosecutor on orders from another prosecutor last week, and the power struggle in the Justice Ministry that has followed, has once again exposed the continuing battle between Turkeys staunchly secular establishment and its religiously inspired government.
Senate bill fails; death penalty not eliminated
An emotional debate Friday ended with the Senate keeping the state's death penalty on a 20-20 vote.
Spirit Quest
I recently met a young woman who was just back from a monthlong Costa Rican vacation.
Church may split over women bishops and gay priests, warns Rowan Williams
The Archbishop of Canterbury warned yesterday that damaging infighting over women bishops and gay priests could result in a permanent split in the Anglican Communion.
Change in Pakistan requires respect, reconciliation, and religious freedom
Victory or defeat in Afghanistan will be determined by how the United States engages Pakistan this year.
Focus on the Family got Super Bowl buzz it wanted
Suddenly, the focus is off the family and on the data.
Gays in the Militaries
There are some excellent arguments for ending the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
ACLU accuses Calif. instructor of religion lessons
An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday.
Christian teacher 'forced out' after complaining Muslim pupils praised 9/11 hijackers 'as heroes'
A Christian teacher yesterday claimed he was forced out of his job after complaining that Muslim pupils as young as eight hailed the September 11 hijackers as heroes.
Needle exchange raises weighty Catholic moral questions
In launching its needle-exchange program last week, the Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y., said the decision came down to choosing the lesser evil. Illegal drug use is bad, but the spread of deadly diseases
is worse.
Bishops change feeding tube guidelines
If ever Carol Gaetjens becomes unconscious with no hope of awakening, even if she could live for years in that state, she says she wants her loved ones to discontinue all forms of artificial life support.
Conservative evangelicals in the Church of England yesterday became the latest group to threaten to split the church if it decides to consecrate women bishops.
Conservative evangelicals in the Church of England today became the latest group to threaten to split the church if it decides to consecrate women bishops.
In northern Iraq, a vote seems likely to split on familiar lines
There was a hope, not long ago, that democracy would mean peace and stability for Nineveh, a place where cultures and armies have clashed since biblical times.
