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A Mosaic of Human Beliefs

WorldReligions.com presents an array of current news, features, and opinions from field of religious life as it interacts with the family of humankind around the globe.

Wikipedia includes the following definition, which while necessarily limited, gives some context to the topic of this website.

A religion is a set of stories, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to an ultimate power or reality. It may be expressed through prayer, ritual, meditation, music and art, among other things. It may focus on specific supernatural, metaphysical, and moral claims about reality (the cosmos, and human nature) which may yield a set of religious laws, ethics, and a particular lifestyle. Religion also encompasses ancestral or cultural traditions, writings, history, and mythology, as well as personal faith and religious experience.

While it will be impossible to cover the vast spectrum of activities encompassed by the description above, we provide though-provoking news and commentary related not only to so-called "mainstream" religions, but to other ideas and practices dealing with man's search for meaning within the universal mystery.

Religion brought into negative political ad for governor
The fight to be the next governor is involving religion.  Mufi Hannemann supporters are accused of negative...
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Diversity Diva | Religion questions are too much
D ear Diversity Diva: I’m a black man with a scar on my scalp from the injury I got serving this country in Desert Storm. Because of the scar, I wear skullcaps a lot. I used to get asked every now and then whether I’m Muslim, but lately more and more people at work are asking me what religion I am, to the point where I’ve begun wearing baseball caps on my job, even though they aren’t as ...
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KS4 Religion and Ethics
This resource consists of specific vocabularly and definitions within religion and ethics, for example, prejudice, injustice, God, and equality.
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Religion meets art at Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery
CLINTON — Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery will present a trio of exhibitions that examine definitions of religious art, what makes images religious and what happens when objects leave an artist's studio or their spiritual context and become “property” of the community.
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Abercrombie: Rival using religion to divide voters
HONOLULU (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Neil Abercrombie is accusing the campaign of his rival, Mufi Hannemann, of using religion to divide voters and attack his character.
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Religion meets art at Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery
CLINTON — Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery will present a trio of exhibitions that examine definitions of religious art, what makes images religious and what happens when objects leave an artist's studio or their spiritual context and become “property” of the community.
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