NPR Topics: ReligionNPR's stories on U.S. and world religion, spirituality, ethics, and moral issues affecting society and culture. Subscribe to NPR Religion RSS feeds.After Uighur Attacks, Understanding Muslims in China- August 14, 2008 A series of attacks in the Xinjiang region of northwest China have raised concern about Muslim separatists, who the government says is responsible for the violence. Michel Martin talks to Dru Gladney, president of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, about understanding the religious and political goals of the diverse Muslim community in China.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93587280&ft=1&f=1016 'Marketplace' Report: Muslim Charities Audited- August 14, 2008 Muslim charities are agreeing to be audited by the Better Business Bureau. The audit is designed to assure donors that the charities are not involved in terrorist activities. Madeleine Brand talks to Janet Babin about why the Better Business Bureau is doing the audit and not a law enforcement agency such as the FBI.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93592959&ft=1&f=1016 Bible's Lessons Help In Taming Horses- August 12, 2008 Wyoming horse trainer Grant Golliher tames wild horses with gentleness plus a dash of spirituality. His secret to horse whispering Giving a horse the chance to make the right choices, he says. And the same goes for having a relationship with God.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93531003&ft=1&f=1016 Random House Pulls Book About Muhammad's Wife- August 11, 2008 The Jewel of Medina, a historical novel about Muhammad's wife, was set to be published Aug. 12. But in May, Random House halted publication, citing concerns that the racy book could be offensive to some in the Muslim community. Journalist Asra Nomani talks about her Wall Street Journal op-ed, "You Still Can't Write About Muhammad."http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93503128&ft=1&f=1016 Catholics Will No Longer Recite 'And Also With You'- August 11, 2008 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released the official text of a new English-language translation to the Roman Catholic Mass. It's the first time the Mass will change since the 1960s. Father James Martin, a Jesuit priest, reflects on the changes.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93419478&ft=1&f=1016 Kosher Slaughterhouse Raises Ethical Dilemma- August 8, 2008 A recent immigration raid targeting the nation's largest kosher meatpacking plant exposed dangerous and brutal working conditions there. That's left many questioning whether meat handled by an abused workforce can ever be considered kosher. Rabbi Menachem Genack, of the Orthodox Union's Kosher Division, and Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of the National Synagogue, discuss the debate sparked by the questionable processing of kosher food.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93411669&ft=1&f=1016 Evangelicals Up For Grabs Candidates Court Voters- August 8, 2008 In the competition for white evangelical votes, this year there's been a role reversal: It's the Democrat who is comfortable quoting Scripture and talking openly about his beliefs.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93360158&ft=1&f=1016 Anthrax Suspect's Abortion Stance Eyed As Motive- August 7, 2008 Bruce Ivins may have targeted Sens. Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy with anthrax-laced letters in 2001 because he saw them as bad Catholics owing to their pro-choice votes, officials close to the investigation say.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93385756&ft=1&f=1016 Camp Offers Training Ground For Little Skeptics- August 7, 2008 Camp Inquiry in upstate New York seems at first like an ordinary summer camp, with familiar activities like hiking and swimming. But its thrust is to teach children to think skeptically about everything from religion to the supernatural.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93174374&ft=1&f=1016 Community, Choice And Faith- August 7, 2008 Our mobile society means Americans find themselves with fewer social ties and close confidantes, less help raising children and shallower roots. That decline of community is a challenge to traditional, vibrant religious practice.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93343416&ft=1&f=1016 |