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Army's 'Spiritual Fitness' Test Angers Some Soldiers

January 13, 2011

Author: Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Source: National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/13/132904866/armys-spiritual-fitness-test-angers-some-soldiers

Multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken a toll on soldiers: Witness the rise in suicides and other stress-related disorders. A few years ago, the Army noticed that some soldiers fared better than others, and it wondered: Why?

 

One...

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Military Chaplains Are Faith Mismatch for Personnel They Serve

January 9, 2011

Author: Tim Townsend

Source: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch

http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/article_19c66ee6-82b8-59f7-b3d5-fd3cc05bc538.html

In the military, the chaplain serves as both a religious leader and a listener - ideally one who can assist military personnel of all faiths. A frequent refrain among chaplains is "chaplain to all, pastor to some."

 

But...

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Islam En Español: In Conversion, a New Identity

January 7, 2011

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/nyregion/09muslims.html?ref=religionandbelief

At the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center in Union City, N.J., there are Spanish-language classes on the Koran and an annual Latino Muslim Day. About 35 percent of the center’s congregation is Hispanic, and there are frequent conversions in which Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Mexicans,...

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The Islamification Of Britain: Record Numbers Embrace Muslim Faith

January 4, 2011

Author: Jerome Taylor and Sarah Morrison

Source: The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-islamification-of-britain-record-numbers-embrace-muslim-faith-2175178.html

The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to one of the most comprehensive attempts to estimate how many people have embraced Islam...

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Atheists' Diversity Woes Have No Black-And-White Answers

January 3, 2011

Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Source: BeliefNet News

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/01/atheists-diversity-woes-have-n.php

Alix Jules is an atheist, but for years he felt uncomfortable at gatherings of nonbelievers. The reason: He's black.

 

"I got really tired of going back and forth to free thought events and being the only black person there," said Jules, 36, who lives in Dallas. "It was not...

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Bangor Churches Look to the East, Teach Courses Such as Tai Chi

January 2, 2011

Author: Judy Harrison

Source: The Bangor Daily News

http://www.bangordailynews.com/story/bdn/Bangor-churches-look-to-the-East-teach-courses-such-as-tai-chi,162933

Once a week a small group of men and women gathers in the parlor of the Hammond Street Congregational Church for group meditation.

 

A block away at Grace United Methodist Church on Union Street, a retired...

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The Appeal Of Orthodoxy to Young, Secular-Born Jews

December 30, 2010

Author: Ari Altstedter

Source: The Globe and Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-appeal-of-orthodoxy-to-young-secular-born-jews/article1852700/

Ezra Krybus of Toronto was raised in a secular home, but has become an Orthodox Jew. 'One thing that really struck me was the amount of passion these people had,' he says. - Ezra Krybus of Toronto was raised in a...

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