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October 22nd, 2010
02:30 PM ET
How I spent my eSabbath
By Stephen Prothero, Special to CNN I survived! Over a day (32 hours, actually - not that I’m counting) without cellphone or laptop, unplugged from radio and television even. But why did I agree to do this? Because I spent a glorious week last year on Cape Cod in a Provincelands dune shack without electricity or running water. Because I sometimes dream about smashing my cellphone with a sledgehammer. Because much of the “connecting” I do through email and Facebook and Twitter makes me feel disconnected from the things that really matter. And because Tanya Schevitz asked me.
October 22nd, 2010
10:49 AM ET
Exhibit: Albanian Muslims saved Jews from NazisFrom CNN affilate KSDK: With rising anti-Muslim sentiment across the country, an untold story is raising greater awareness about the Muslim faith and the teachings of the Quran. That awareness comes from an unlikely source: a small Jewish congregation in Creve Coeur. Temple Emanuel is premiering a groundbreaking exhibit of photos that reveals Albanian Muslims who saved 2,000 Jews during World War II. It's a story you've likely never heard. It is a story told through the faces of Albanian Muslims who risked their own lives to live by a code of faith and honor called Besa.
October 22nd, 2010
07:00 AM ET
The life of a so-called woman priestEditor's Note: CNN's Philip Rosenbaum, Jonathan O'Beirne and Carl Graf bring us this story and video from Staten Island, New York. It's a busy Sunday morning in August for Gabriella Velardi Ward in her modest home in the New York City borough of Staten Island. Velardi Ward lights candles, gingerly lays out prayer sheets and looks at herself in the mirror, mindfully putting on her white robe and vestments. A short woman with a behemoth sense of spiritual self, Velardi Ward also attends to earthly matters. While she makes sure the table is full of healthy vegetarian dips and finger foods, umbrella-carrying worshipers trickle through the door before the heavens unload. She hugs new arrivals who take seats in a rough circle in the humble but welcoming suburban living room. 
October 22nd, 2010
06:00 AM ET
Punk rock prof explains ‘Anarchy Evolution’Editor's Note: CNN's Gabe LaMonica recently spoke with Greg Graffin the lead singer of Bad Religion. In addition to being a rock star, Graffin is also teaching evolution at UCLA and this month released a new book. Below is an edited transcript of their conversation. In his book Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God, Greg Graffin says, “For me, the existence or nonexistence of God is a non-issue.” He’s a naturalist, the lead singer of the punk rock band Bad Religion. The notorious punk riot at the El Portal Theater in Los Angles on December 29, 1990 made his band infamous – CNN covered it – but Graffin wasn’t involved in it. |
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The CNN Belief Blog covers the faith angles of the day's biggest stories, from breaking news to politics to entertainment, fostering a global conversation about the role of religion and belief in readers' lives. It's edited by CNN's Daniel Burke with contributions from Eric Marrapodi and CNN's worldwide news gathering team.  |
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Editor's Note: Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of "God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions that Run the World," is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor.