religion

How can a better understanding of sacred values help us resolve intergroup conflicts?

by News Sources 05.29.2012

Scott Atran writes: Humans define the groups to which they belong in abstract terms. Often they strive for lasting intellectual and emotional bonding with anonymous others, and make their greatest exertions in killing and dying not to preserve their own lives or to defend their families and friends, but for the sake of an idea—the [...]

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“I am both Muslim and Christian”

by Paul Woodward 07.28.2009

“I am both Muslim and Christian” By Janet I Tu, Seattle Times, June 17, 2009 Shortly after noon on Fridays, the Rev. Ann Holmes Redding ties on a black headscarf, preparing to pray with her Muslim group on First Hill. On Sunday mornings, Redding puts on the white collar of an Episcopal priest. She does [...]

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