Detroit Area Religion & Spirituality Examiners
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A soul deep in the throes of the dark night of the spirit feels as if it is melting away, dying a cruel spiritual death. John of the Cross...
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"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool."...
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Writing as a religion examiner in Detroit this year has been like keeping a diary of world events with an ear to the spirit. Detroit has...
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December 27, 2009. Toronto, Canada. The RIS conference ended with a powerful message from the majority of scholars in attendance of...
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Chaos, upheavals, turbulence, disorder, confusion, disarray, turmoil, madness, and unruliness. Aren’t you tired of it? Sometimes it may feel like, ‘if it’s not...
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The terrorist caught aboard the Northwest Airlines flight on Friday came as a shock to thousands of people. Questions surrounding...
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In continuing our brief series on The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, we ask, what are the physical, moral, and spiritual states of...
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New Year’s resolutions for Gnostics seem to be as alien as fidelity is for Tiger Woods. We tend to march to the beat of our own...
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The Associated Press recently asked all the candidates for Illinois governor for their opinions concerning evolution. You won't be...
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The debate between creation and evolution is over in my mind...and the creationists have won. Yeah, I believe in natural selection,...
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RI field fight part of bigger church-state dispute
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A fight over athletic fields in this city goes beyond who gets to play soccer where and raises thorny questions about separation of church and state and public aid to religious institutions - divisive issues that have flared repeatedly in heavily Catholic Rhode Island.