Reading List – On Faith and Religion

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Blessed Are the Meek

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My Love Language Is Silent Condescension

When it comes to loving and being loved, even the most jaded and worldly often feel deep insecurity. That’s true even when we’re in happy relationships. If we can find some comfort and direction in a mega-best-seller with a tacky cover, so be it. For those of us who hope to grow merrily old and saggy and gray with our beloveds, it’s a reminder that packaging isn’t everything.

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In Search of the Apolitical Church

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This must be heaven

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Ian Stevenson’s case for the afterlife: Are we ‘Skeptics’ really just Cynics?

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The Prophet

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A critique of wellness culture

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A mindful way to approach the Buddhist message.

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Thoughtfully considering authenticity

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The comments are the most gratifying part of this. They effectively address concerns about the metaphysical commitments of faith, and how ideology can become a prison

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I don’t agree with it, but this is a very useful critique of the essential Buddhist stance

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Buddhism Basics

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In the comments section is a very helpful debate about what happens to spirituality when it intersects with institutionalization

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On different kinds of religious believers

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On restoring the original essence of things – philosophy, religion etc.

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Why you can’t just dismiss religion, because it doesn’t ‘check out’

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Escape from Jesus Land: On Recognizing Evangelical Abuse and Finding the Strength to Reject the Faith of Our Fathers

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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

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Graham was at times better than his religious ideology. The theocratic evangelical movement he helped build and legitimize, however, is not.

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On the canonification of Billy Graham

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Authoritarian Christianity, or, what Franklin Graham Really Means when he Equates Progressivism with Godlessness

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Truth is a perspective, not an objective reality: making sense of the Bible

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China’s billionaire real estate maven says it needs a spiritual revolution

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On confession and forgiveness

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How Protestantism gave Northern Europe freedom

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Religion itself is not sacred

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The classic fundamentalist error

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The days of religion hiding the truth are over

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Religion is not the problem, it appears

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On how to cover religion and the experiences of others

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What if religious violence really isn’t the culprit?

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Again, the research is a yay for the positive effects of personal religion

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Is religion good for you?

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Billy Graham, considered without

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He went on to conceive the idea of the Omega point (a maximum level of complexity and consciousness toward which he believed the universe was evolving, and which he identified with Christ as the Logos, or “Word” of God)

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Who died and made you chief theologian of the universe?

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