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October 16th, 2007
Speaking with the author of American Jesus about his new book Religious Literacy
In the past decade Stephen Prothero, Chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University, has emerged as a national expert and ...
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October 15th, 2007
The Challenges of Long-Distance Relationships
A few months ago I received a letter from Jeff Klein, a 32-year-old BustedHalo reader. He'd recently begun dating someone who lived seven hours away. Was it feasible to ...
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October 11th, 2007
Sean Penn's Into the Wild stuns and disappoints
How much of your life do you owe to the ones who love you? What are your obligations to the imperfect people who raise and ...
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October 10th, 2007
The Academy Award nominee talks about his newest film
Lars and the Real Girl
For the sake of argument, I think it's safe to assume that terms like "anatomically correct sex doll" and "sweet and tenderhearted" have rarely, if ever, appeared ...
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October 8th, 2007
The new documentary for the Bible tells me so re-examines the scriptural prohibition toward homosexuality
What do Christianity and Judaism say about gays and lesbians? Even the most nominal believer is familiar with the story of Sodom and ...
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September 27th, 2007
The Religious Landscape of People in their 20s and 30s
In many ways, the 18-to-34-year-old crowd is a sought-after demographic. Advertisers continually try to lure young fashionistas, techies and foodies with their cutting-edge wares. Television executives craft sitcoms ...
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September 25th, 2007
Mother Teresa's life in full
Saints are most commonly seen in two dimensions, as they appear in devotional artwork. Frozen in stained glass or canvas, they serenely eye the heavens as their hands ...
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September 20th, 2007
The young director of the Leadership Roundtable makes the connection between faith and best practices
It is a tragedy that appears to have no end. Recent announcements of enormous clergy abuse settlements in Los Angeles ($660 million) and San Diego ($198 million) underscore the ...
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September 19th, 2007
An interview with the media visionary behind
"Faces of Faith"
As both the founder of an online religion blog and a contributor to BustedHalo and other web-based religious news sites like Beliefnet, The Revealer and KillingtheBuddha ...
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September 14th, 2007
The Religious Landscape of People in their 20s and 30s
The publication of Mike Hayes' book Googling God is an important first on a number of levels for everyone involved with BustedHalo. Not only does it mark the ...
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