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Archive: September 13, 2009 - September 19, 2009
The Mikveh Mitzvah
Today, women from Israel and the U.S. are reinventing the traditional Mikveh by reshaping the immersion experience to offer an alternative to the Orthodox model of purification that is based solely on halakhic authority.
By Varda Polak-Sahm | September 18, 2009; 12:23 PM ET | Comments (38)
A Religious Society of Friends of the Earth
Quakers are hearing God calling us to make and advocate for environmental changes more difficult and radical than adding solar panels or a green roof.
By Eileen Flanagan | September 17, 2009; 5:24 PM ET | Comments (3)
A New Mother's Holiday Vow
Now that I'm a mother, it is much easier to find inadequacies than when I was living life only for myself.
By Natasha Rosenstock | September 17, 2009; 3:27 PM ET | Comments (9)
4 Ways to Judge "Values Voter Summit"
An event like the "Values Voters Summit" can present challenges to reporters and readers who want to accurately locate these conservative religious activists in the context of American religion.
By Robert P. Jones | September 17, 2009; 12:03 PM ET | Comments (19)
A Mission, Not a Trip
When I had first signed up for a mission trip to Mozambique early last year, I was ecstatic. As a single, young, black woman with a passion for social activism, it seemed like such noble work to assist in building a school, providing medical care and drilling clean water wells.
By Mariette D. Phillips | September 16, 2009; 4:00 PM ET | Comments (3)
Reforming Health-Care Relationships
Today's health non-system, so filled with fear, friction and disconnection is both dumb and cruel. The way toward brilliance--and decency--is across a new bridge of trust and connection.
By Gary Gunderson | September 16, 2009; 9:54 AM ET | Comments (8)
2012: Has the final countdown begun?
Is 2012 the year the cosmic clock winds down to zero? A time of epic disaster? Was the warning of the earth's grand finale encoded in the Mayan calendar?
By Mark Hitchcock | September 14, 2009; 12:10 PM ET | Comments (42)
