What are some of the ways in which a religion could be considered to be unique? Their beliefs about the supernatural? Their moral and ethical…
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Category: Religious Studies
Religious Resilience in Canada
I’ve written about the state of spirituality and Christianity in Canada before (click here), but Reginald Bibby has just released a fresh analysis called “A…
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Basic Christianity
In the not too distant past, Canada was considered to be a “Christian nation”. At a practical level however, that designation was often a vague…
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Buddhist Spirituality
When you think of Buddhism, what images or events come to mind? Meditation, the Buddha, monks chanting in a temple, prayer flags on the sides…
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Studying Religion
A couple of weeks ago we explored one way to study religion: literary criticism. This week we will expand our understanding to include more than…
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How to study religion
I am not a plumber. I don’t have any skills that even remotely look like what a plumber would have. Whenever I encounter a plumbing…
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Muslim Spirituality
Islam is frequently perceived as a “different” religion and it is often poorly understood in the Western world. For many people, their thoughts about Islam…
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Talking about God – would you buy this book?
I need your help. 🙂 If you were at a bookstore (either online or in “real life”), browsing through all of the titles, and you…
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Survey of Evangelical Leaders
The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has just release their analysis of a recent international survey of over 2,000 Evangelical Protestant leaders. One…
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The Extinction of Religion
Could religion be headed for extinction or is something else taking its place? In a recent study presented at a meeting of the American Physical…
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