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Category: Religion
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S. Brent Plate, author of A History of Religion in 5 ½ Objects, investigates why bread has grown to be so central in spiritual practice.
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John Austin, a black American convert to Islam, describes the struggles for acceptance he’s experienced and the path to peace he eventually found.
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Susan Katz Miller, author of ‘Being Both,’ interviews Rabbi Chava Bahle, the first rabbi to lead a Unitarian Universalist Congregation.
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Three Beacon Press authors recommend books to read for Jewish Book Month and Hanukkah.
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A look at the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding’s 6th Annual Weekend of Twinning, and their efforts to improve relations between Muslim and Jewish communities across the world.
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Louise Steinman discusses the films “Aftermath” and “12 Years a Slave” and reflects on the difficulties—and necessities—of confronting the truth of a country’s “uncomfortable past.”
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Columnist Rafia Zakaria on Malala Yousafzai’s global impact, and what it means for Muslim feminism.
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Advice from Susan Katz Miller on how interfaith Jewish/Christian families can find meaning during the Jewish High Holidays.
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Chris Stedman is the Assistant Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University and author of Faitheist: How an Atheist Found Common Ground with the Religious. He tweets at @ChrisDStedman. This post originally appeared at Religion Dispatches. The debate over Humanist chaplains in the military continues this week with Family Research Council president Tony Perkins offering several of the most common sentiments held by those who…
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A new book from Beacon looks at the lives of interfaith families, including that of Reza Aslan and his wife, Jessica Jackley.
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