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Hanukah History & Traditions Hanukah, or the Festival of Lights, is celebrated with eight days of presents, games, songs and feasting. While Hanukah's origins are of a minor festival, it has become a major celebration, especially for Jews in North America... |
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History of the Christmas Celebration While Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, many of the symbols and rituals associated with the holiday go back far beyond this important event... |
Salon.com November 28, 2000 Chris Colin |
The Dalai Lama China hates him, the West wants to hug him. The spiritual leader of Tibet isn't just the bodhisattva of compassion -- he's one heck of a marketer... |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Judy Oppenheimer |
They ask if I'm from New York What they mean is, they think I'm Jewish. |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Rebecca Segall |
Nuns without habits Melissa Camardo is young, bright, pretty and politically active. And she's a nun. What is she thinking? |
Salon.com November 22, 2000 Chris Colin |
Views from the pews If church is theater, then where are the reviews? This week, the Baptists lose it at the altar, and the Unitarians try finding it through tweedy discussion. |
Salon.com November 21, 2000 David Rubien |
Rev. Billy Graham At 82, the Elvis (and Marshall McLuhan) of preachers is still the king of ecumenical evangelism. |
Salon.com November 21, 2000 Stephen Bender |
Oh God, you devil Black Entertainment Television has put sleazy televangelist Robert Tilton back on the air. Is BET giving people what they want, or taking advantage of the faithful? |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Amy Standen |
Faith in America What does religion mean now? Is it a mystical experience, a collection of social protocols or just common sense? |
Salon.com November 20, 2000 Tara Zahra |
When the saints go marching in Mormon missionaries abroad lead a life of evangelism, community service and mind-numbing austerity... |
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