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A roundup of the week’s religion headlines.
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Which Hogwarts House would Jesus be in? Or would He be in a Walmart Receipt?
Last week in religion.
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Billions, miracles, and trial deaths marked this week in religion.
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Size Matters According to New Study
A new study concludes that the brains of born-again Christians are smaller than those of other affiliations or non-believers. Welcome back to the 19th century.
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Dalai Lama: “I Am a Marxist, But Not a Leninist”
His Holiness met recently with Chinese students in Minneapolis.
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Were You Born Selfish?: An Interview with Frans de Waal
Both the good and bad in our species come from our primate background, says primatologist Frans de Waal, author of The Age of Empathy.
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Possible Heir to Dalai Lama Cleared of Corruption Charges
I was there in Bodhgaya in the winter of 2006, attending a busy and crowded prayer ceremony organized by the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. Devotees and pilgrims from all over the world, including China, had come there.
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For Buddhism, Science is Not a Killer of Religion
The Dalai Lama was just in Atlanta, visiting Emory University’s “Emory-Tibet Science Initiative.” There he spoke about the easy relationship between Buddhism and science. When you whittle it down to its essence, Buddhism is very simple and amenable to Enlightenment types.
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Growing Up Cult: A Memoir of Life with Sri Chinmoy
Sri Chinmoy wanted to win a Nobel prize, and to be more famous than the Dalai Lama or the Pope. Jayanti Tamm writes a book about what happens when a good guru goes bad.
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Hate, An American Voter Value
Hate is as American as apple pie. A sentiment stitched into the fabric of national life from the early stirrings of Revolution in the colonies.
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