Word: religion
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...make up approximately 15 percent of Israeli citizens, are systematically discriminated against with regard to education, employment and property rights. The Fourth Geneva Convention on Human Rights stipulates that "any entity which claims to rule a region should give equal rights to all persons within the region regardless of religion or race." Israel, having adopted this Convention, must act in accordance with...
...find it on the Net, where millions of youths log on to psychedelic bulletin boards. Read through the public conversations, and you'll start to wonder how many young psychedelic chemists conversant in biotechnology, comparative religion and visionary literature are hiding in the American heartland. Teenagers make up a near majority of the audience for DisInformation www.disinfo.com) a site that purveys antimainstream media politics and conspiracy theory to hundreds of thousands with a humor and skepticism that make Paul Krassner's Realist seem earnest and tame...
Edith Stein was born a Jew, became a Catholic and a Carmelite nun and died in Auschwitz [RELIGION, Oct. 19]. You noted that Stein's canonization by Pope John Paul II "strikes some as the hijacking of a martyr, the usurping of Jewish tragedy for Catholic purposes." But the flap over "who gets the martyr" is demeaning and embarrassing to the participants, and probably would appall Stein herself. There is no reason that Jews and Catholics alike cannot honor her life and achievements. In fact, it would be a golden opportunity to celebrate the new understanding between the two groups...
...religious heterosexual I feel suited to criticize Hugh Liebert's position on homosexuality. Introducing religion into political debate is unfriendly. Just as I do not expect those who morally disagree with me to study the Parjnaparamita, it is absurd to posit that Christian moralists can only be opposed with Biblical criticism...
...restraint still isn't her strength. Alanislikes to confess, she likes to solve and workthrough her problems in words. And suddenly, itseems like she has the whole world as her musicalcanvas. After a trip to India and an explorationof Eastern religion, she offers us her perspectivenot only on love, but spirituality andenlightenment. Indian themes and phrases pop upall over the album, especially in "Thank U," thefirst single off the album currently saturatingairwaves. (If the "Indian experience" revitalizedMadonna's torpid career and reawakened Alanis,imagine what it could do for someone like CelineDion...