Author: Lauren Markoe

Source: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

Wire Service: RNS

http://pewforum.org/Religion-News/RNS-Institute-probes-religion-s-role-in-peace-making.aspx

Just steps from the Lincoln Memorial, the new building -- topped by a translucent white roof that resembles the wings of a giant dove -- is puzzling tourists and commuters alike.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/10/132809627/concrete-ways-to-live-a-compassionate-life

From Confucius to Oprah, people have preached compassion for centuries. But how often is it put into practice? Karen Armstrong believes religion, which should advocate for compassionate living, is often part of the problem. In Twelve Steps To A Compassionate Life, she describes ways to...

Author: William K. Alcorn

Source: Vindy

http://www.vindy.com/news/2011/jan/10/habitat-home-will-be-interfaith-effort/

One of the four homes that Mahoning County Habitat for Humanity plans to build this year will be a collective effort involving Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim and Baha’i groups.

“We hope to build our first interfaith home, the House of Abraham, this year,” said Monica...

Author: Daniel Burke

Source: The Huffington Post

Wire Service: RNS

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/religious-leaders-call-fo_n_807037.html

Tucson Bishop Gerald Kicanas was thousands of miles away from the shooting rampage that rocked his Arizona diocese on Saturday (Jan. 8), but the emotional shock hit him hard.

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...

Author: Peg McNichol

Source: The Plymouth Patch

http://plymouth-mi.patch.com/articles/sikh-101-forum-leaves-some-hopeful-others-doubtful-2

Anne Marie Graham-Hudak would have been happy to see 50 or 60 people show up to learn more about the Sikh faith Thursday evening. She was delighted when nearly 75 attended the event at St. Thomas a’Becket on Lilley Road.

Author: Louis Sahagun

Source: The Los Angeles Times

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs-desert-20110108,0,2708832.story

Seven religious leaders climbed out of their vehicles on a recent weekday and scattered on foot across Whitewater Canyon northwest of Palm Springs. They were looking for clues to the character of the prophets said to have used the wilderness as a gateway to spiritual awakenings.

Author: Kathy Uek

Source: The MetroWest Daily News

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x198684497/Interfaith-group-Spreads-the-Word-in-Marlborough

Shelby Magid, a Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School senior, lives her dream of reducing prejudices.

Knowing Shelby's involvement in the community, Ann Kramer, an adviser of the Breaking Barriers club, recommended she join Camp IF....

Author: Yasmine El-Rashidi

Source: Ahram Online

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/95/3365/Egypt/Attack-on-Egypt-Copts/Egypts-Muslims-attend-Christian-Coptic-mass,-servi.aspx

Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had a been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of Muslims...

Author: Padma Kuppa

Source: Patheos

http://www.patheos.com/Resources/Additional-Resources/Communion-and-the-Human-Community-Padma-Kuppa.html

As we come upon Epiphany, I thought I would reflect on my Hindu-Christian Christmas experience at the end of a season. I was happy to see other Hindu American perspectives at the beginning of the season—by Aseem Shukla in A (Hindu) Christmas Carol?,...

Author: Niraj Warikoo

Source: The Kansas City Star/Detroit Free Press

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/05/2563565/sikhs-look-to-ease-tensions-over.html

Tensions over a Sikh boy who took a religious sword to an elementary school have prompted a public meeting Thursday night to introduce the Sikh religion to metro Detroiters.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: NPR

Wire Service: AP

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/04/132665050/cross-in-calif-public-park-found-unconstitutional

A war memorial cross in a San Diego public park is unconstitutional because it conveys a message of government endorsement of religion, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a two-decade-old case.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Tibet Net

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=48,9804,0,0,1,0

Addressing a grand prayer congregation for world peace and religious harmony held on the New Year eve in Taipei, Tibet's spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's Representative to Taiwan has underscored the importance of religious harmony among different religions of the world.

Author: Paul Cox

Source: BushwickBK

http://bushwickbk.com/2011/01/04/botanicas-laboratories-of-faith/#

Brooklyn has long been called the City of Churches, but houses of faith can come in unexpected guises here. The lines between commercial and religious space, folk practice and church doctrine are seldom less clear than in Bushwick’s many botánicas, dealers in ritual goods and services and laboratories of religious...

Author: Rikki Klaus

Source: WHNT 19 News

http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-billboard-reaction,0,2544518.story

There's a sign that's firing people up across north Alabama. An Atheist organization paid for a billboard in Huntsville that says "You KNOW they're all SCAMS" and displays various religious symbols. The Interfaith Mission Service is voting Wednesday on whether to put up a sign of its own ... defending those religions. They say it...