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Father Julian von Duerbeck, a Benedictine priest who takes part in the Catholic Church's "Monastic Interreligious Dialogue," said he was interested in promoting dialogue between the Catholic Church and practitioners of Santeria.

Author: By John P. Posch, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Join in Santeria Festival | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

At the age of four he was installed upon the Lion Throne in Lhasa and inducted into a formidable course of monastic studies. By the age of six he was choosing his own regent, and by the time he was 11 he was weathering a civil uprising. The Dalai Lama...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE GOD IN EXILE | 12/22/1997 | See Source »

Encouraged by a few studies supporting the idea, Marina Middle School principal John Michaelson organized all-girl and all-boy classes for the first time last year. In contrast to the monastic approach of some private schools, like the Catholic high school Michaelson attended, Marina doesn't segregate girls and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STARTING FROM SCRATCH | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

Then, rather suddenly, a further change occurred. Beginning in 1983 the community discovered to its horror that a probable majority of U.S. teachers, both foreign born and American, had abused their authority by sleeping with their disciples. In a particularly tragic case, the American regent of the Kagyu school of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUDDHISM IN AMERICA | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

Some think meditation will constitute Buddhism's distinct contribution to American religious life. Different branches practice different varieties, but each begins with a simple awareness of breath drawn in and let out. Fields notes that a near mechanical process that allows each individual to look inside him- or herself for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUDDHISM IN AMERICA | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

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