Yahoo: Religion News

• Church pews fill as Philippine poll campaign begins (Reuters)
• Fires strike 2 more east Texas churches (AP)
• Singapore denounces pastor for ridiculing Buddhists (Reuters)
• Saints raise their city's spirits, maybe for good (AP)
• Being religious may not make you healthier after all (Reuters)
• Japanese monk gets down with the beat for Buddhism (Reuters)
• Muslim man wins handshake case in Sweden (AP)
• 34 recovering from carbon monoxide at Pa. church (AP)
• Parents of Ohio church slaying suspect arrested (AP)
• Muslim group seeks govt probe of mayor's remarks (AP)

Reuters: Faithworld

• RTRFaithWorld: Kentucky Bible Belt town prays for Toyota -- http://bit.ly/acCQhl
• RTRFaithWorld: Japan's rapper monk gets down with the beat for Buddhism -- http://bit.ly/anOUOk
• RTRFaithWorld: France builds paper trail in campaign against Muslim veils, refuses citizenship to man whose wife wears a niqab - http://bit.ly/aqvOh3
• RTRFaithWorld: How does a rabbi get involved in dialogue with Muslims? Burton Visotzky of JTS in New York tells his story on video -- http://bit.ly/aG4hSE
• RTRFaithWorld: Sexual abuse charges at Jesuit schools shock Germany, which knew little of such Catholic clerical scandals before -- http://bit.ly/a2Pj7v
• RTRFaithWorld: German universities should open Islam institutes to teach Muslim imams, chaplains, religion teachers, says report -- http://bit.ly/9y4byv

USA Today: faith and Reason

• Pope's letter to Irish condemns clergy sex abuse
• Don't kill U.S. gays, lock them up: Family groups
• 'Miracle' Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad puts hit on critics
• Baptist initiative floods Texas with Bible CDs
• Super Sunday ads spoofed, 'Sexism Watch' scheduled
• Muslims seek probe of mayor's 'Christian community' remarks
• String of Texas church arsons worries congregations
• Super Bowl ad advocacy: Trust your faith or yourself?
• Super Sunday isn't about football at 'Faith Bowl'
• 'Idaho 10' charged in Haiti: Should their motive -- faith -- matter?

Get Religion

• Question: Who set all this up?
• Superbowl morality tales
• Shameless super plug for a friend
• Godly gridiron giants
• Southern Baptists should slow down?
• Praying away Uganda’s anti-gay bill
• On Haiti: Yo, Washington Post copy desk!
• Chicken soup for the presidential soul
• Cizik’s new evangelicalism
• ‘The Blind Side’ vs. niche Hollywood
• Got news? Monogamy and gay unions
• Air Force Academy’s Pagan altar
• One Haitian pastor found, but another missing
• The rise of the Calvinists
• From Baptist kid to jihadist fighter

Religion Dispatches

• Capricology: Week 3: Apotheosis, Anyone?
• Religious Practices on Trial in Arizona: The Problem With “Experts”
• The Tebow Superbowl Ad: Offense, Defense, or Interference?
• Christian Imperialism in Haiti? Missionaries, Theo-tourism, and the Invasion of the Global South
• Religion Dispatches Turns Two
• Missionary Imposition: Idaho Baptists Charged With Kidnapping 33 Haitian Children
• Christopher Hitchens, Religious in Spite of Himself?
• Religious Leaders Urge Obama to Condemn Ugandan Anti-Gay Bill at Prayer Breakfast
• The ‘Evolving’ Story of Teacher Who Burned Cross into Student’s Arm
• Capricology: Week 2: The Soul of a Robot

Bartholomew's Notes

• WorldNetDaily Sees Muslim Conspiracy against Churches
• Amnesty International Worker Suspended after Publicly Criticising Links to Islamist Group
• Alan Lake vs Charles Darwin
• English Defence League Faction Meets with Charlie Flowers and “Cheerleader” Friends
• Background of Mining Company in Bizarre “Third Temple” Claim
• Nigerian Federal Judge Tosses Case Brought by Helen Ukpabio after She Fails to Show Up
• Charlie Flowers and English Nationalism
• Keeping Abreast of New Terror Threat
• How the “Cheerleaders” Recruit New People into their Harassment Campaigns
• Stephen Sizer vs Seismic Shock

The Times: Articles of Faith

• Trads left in cold by plans for women bishops, Bishop to disclose.
• Archbishop of Canterbury condemns John Terry adultery
• Cameron tells Rowan: Make your Church pro-gay.
• Rod Liddle 'meets' the Pope
• How I love this Pope
• Pope: Britain's equal rights legislation 'violates' natural law
• Archbishop of Canterbury: It's not just Britain that's broken. It's the world.
• Men don't want to sing 'love songs to a man' while the 'vicar wears a dress'
• Archbishop of Westminster: Catholics 'more committed to social justice'
• A nun writes: 'Help is on its way to Haiti.'

Guardian: Religion

• Mightier than the kirpan | Hardeep Singh Kohli
• New split in Church of England over women bishops
• Israel in Africa | Josh Kron
• Anglo-Catholics on the brink, again | Andrew Brown
• The politics of inconsequence | Harriet Baber
• Investigating Wittgenstein, part 3: Religion as a language game | Giles Fraser
• Can religion be democratic? | The question
• Let Sikh pupils wear ceremonial daggers, judge says
• Our vital contribution in Zimbabwe | Rowan Williams and John Sentamu
• Chaplains are latest British military shortage

Telegraph: Religion

• Paedophile church worker who 'boasted about his abuse online' jailed
• General Synod: Church of England suffering from 'testosterone deficit'
• General Synod: Church of England exodus feared unless women bishops plans changed
• The Kirpan - Sikh dagger banned by some schools
• Sikh 'ceremonial daggers' should be allowed in schools, says judge
• Muslim bus driver locks passengers aboard as he stops to pray
• Sikh schoolchildren should be allowed ceremonial daggers, says Britain's first Asian judge
• Archbishop of York dismisses Pope's call for conversions to Roman Catholicism
• Church of England is 'living in the past', says BBC's head of religion
• Church set for new row over gay clergy

• For Koreatown mosque congregants, parking is a challenge
• Army Sgt. Chris Cooper, 28, casualty of Iraq war
• France denies citizenship to Moroccan man over burka
• Cross found at Air Force Academy's Wicca center
• San Bernardino loses its Jewish congregation
• Prop. 8 foes tell court why they see measure as unconstitutional
• In Haiti, some see the spirit world behind the quake
• 'To Save a Life' is a faith-based initiative
• Prop. 8 challengers highlight religion's role in campaign
• Admiring the inspired designs of L.A.-area churches

• Huge Church Project Renews Downtown, and Debate
• Have Faith in Love
• Charter School Founder Faces Financial Scrutiny
• Terrorism and the Pocketbook
• Faith-Based Defiance
• American Missionary Freed by North Korea
• A Rare Blend, Pro Football and Hasidic Judaism
• Explosions Amid Crowds of Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq Kill at Least 27 and Wound Scores
• In Idaho, Questions on How Aid Mission Went Awry
• Europe's Identity Crisis

Religion Clause

• White House Faith Based Council Posts Votes On Two Controversial Church-State Issues [UPDATED]
• Indian Court Strikes Down Quotas for Backward Classes of Muslims
• Recent Articles of Interest
• Activist Charges Conflicts In Some Illinois Capital Funding For Religious Groups
• Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
• Lawsuit Challenges Library's Meeting Room Policy
• Anglican Factions In Zimbabwe Struggle Over Control
• Lenient Sentence Imposed on Muslim Man By Britain's Cherie Blair Brings Complaints
• Street Preachers Challenge "Loud Noise" and Trespass Bans
• Trial of Geert Wilders Proceeds With Pared Down Witness List

Religion Books: New Releases

• #1: Devotions for Lent
• #2: Edge of Apocalypse Free Preview
• #3: So Long, Insecurity: You've Been a Bad Friend to Us
• #4: The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
• #5: The Gift of Fear
• #6: Love and War: Finding the Marriage You've Dreamed Of
• #7: Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences
• #8: Silent Governess, The
• #9: Never Say Never
• #10: The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery

'Live' search: Cults

• Teen involvement in cults - WXYZ
• Alan Taylor Maori Cults - Scoop
• Polygamy in America - KPBS
• Awesome or Off-Putting: Flock of UFOs Filmed Over Acapulco - Hecklers Pray.com
• Review: 'Signs of Change' at Pacific Northwest College of Art - OregonLive.com
• Tactical papalotry - Commonweal
• Outskirts Press Announces Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, by ... - PR.com
• Pastor to teach religion and culture class - La Crosse Tribune
• G H O S T B O X J U D G E M E N T D i S C U S S I O N - Drowned In Sound
• Geoffrey Clarfield: 2,500 years of Egyptomania - Nationalpost.com

National Post

• Barbara Kay: Beyond race and religion, Judaism is a civilization
• Ignatieff’s abortion plan ‘pathetic’: bishop
• Comment: A Baptist on the religious orientation and academic freedom issue in Canadian Schools
• Quarterback throws to convictions with Super Bowl anti-abortion ad
• EasyJet offers free flights for Pope Benedict XVI
• France to deny citizenship to man who forced burka on wife
• Trinity Western faces pressure over faith statement
• Atheist group goes postal on Mother Teresa
• United Church, Jewish group try to reconcile
• Lawmakers in France propose burka ban

Toronto Star: Religion News

• Vincent Nguyen to become Canada's first bishop of Asian descent
• John Paul II fast-tracked for sainthood: Report
• A good Muslim, and a good Canadian
• Where purpose trumps profit
• Polish priest to schoolkids: 'Yes we scan'
• Baptists accused of child peddling in Haiti
• Sacramental wine vendors provide expertise the LCBO can't match
• Pope used belt to whip himself
• This week in religion history
• Vatican sees finances improving

NPR: Religion Coverage

• Excerpt: 'Why I Stayed'
• Ted Haggard's Wife: Marriage Stronger After Scandal
• New Documentary Explores History Of Jews and Basketball
• Baptists In Haiti Could Face U.S. Kidnapping Charges
• Female Suicide Bomber Kills At Least 54 In Iraq
• Parents Tried In Teen's Death Rejected Medicine
• Virginia Islamic School's Expansion Met Protests
• Blog Tips For Pope: Give Us This Day Thy Daily Post
• French Panel: Ban Burqas In Public Buildings
• Senate Chaplain: Religious Leader For Secular Flock

Religion News Blog @ Twitter

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Star Tribune: Faith and Values

• After five decades, retired organist opts for pancakes
• Fiat faces trinity of opposition to restructuring plans: government, unions and pope
• Crystal Cathedral shuts some 'Hour of Power' broadcasts after revenue drops sharply
• Nelson to head relief organization
• Book shows little-known side of John Paul II: the penitent
• An expanding vision of peace
• TV show on author vs. Vikes?
• Episcopal bishop gets a round of sendoffs
• Texas Baptist group tries to put a multilingual Bible CD in every state household by Easter
• Religion News in Brief

US News: God and Country