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Declaration on Religious Freedom Vatican II ARTICLES, PAPERS A Truce between Science and Religion By Ashleigh Green in Eureka Street, March 2011 "For the Sake of Human Dignity": Talk with the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion, Heiner Bielefeldt By Alexander Foitzik in Herder-Korrespondenz, 2010 Religion's Appeal By Jasper Doomen in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, 2009 Science Versus Religion? The Insights and Oversights of the 'New Atheists' By Brad S. Gregory in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Fall 2009 Faith-Based Diplomacy Part 1 By Dr Andrew Kania. Address to Oxbridge cohort — Eton College, December 2009 Faith-Based Diplomacy Part 2 By Dr Andrew Kania. Address to Oxbridge cohort — Eton College, December 2009 Unfinished Mourning: Schnädelbach's Criticism of Religion as a Challenge of Christianity By Magnus Striet, professor of fundamental theology at the University of Freiburg, in Herder Korrespondenz, 2009 The Rationality of Religious Beliefs By Thomas Schärtl, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Augsburg, inStimmen der Zeit, 2009 Religious Freedom: Symposium of Justitia et Pax By Alexander Foitzik in Herder Korrespondenz, 2009 Rethinking the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment: Reflections on Recent Scholarship By Richard S. Meyers, Ave Maria School of Law, in The Catholic Social Science Review, 2008 The Resurgence of Religion in the Advent of Postmodernity By J. Ranilo and B. Hermida in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Fall 2008 The Importance of Freedom of Religion from the Catholic Church's Perspective By Msgr. Pietro Parolin, Under Secretary of the Holy See for relations with the States, in the periodical of the Catholic Academy Bavaria 'zur debatte', 2008 Religion Interfacing with Law and Politics: Three Tired Ideas in the Jurisprudence of Religion By L. Scott Smith in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Spring 2007 Why Religion Matters By Krista Tippett in Reform Judaism Online, 2007 "Trinitarian" Theology of Religions? An Augustinian Assessment of Several Recent Proposals Dissertation by Keith Edward Johnson, Department of Religion, Duke University, 2007 Knowledge of God, Knowledge of Place, and the Aesthetic Dimension of Religious Understanding By Mark Wynn, June 2007 Threatened Human Right: Experiences with Freedom of Religion By Heiner Bielefeldt in Herder Korrespondenz, 2006 Beyond Reconciliation: Monistic Yahwism and the Problem of Evil in Philosophy of Religion By J W Gericke in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2005 From Christianity to African Religion and Back Again By A M Meiring in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2005 H R Trevor-Roper vs. Arnold Toynbee: A Post-Christian Religion and a New Messiah in an Age of Reconciliation? By Frederick Hale in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2005 Good Religion By Stefan Ort in Herder-Korrespondenz, 2005 God Beats Up on People Who Ask Useless Questions By Wayne Lusvardi in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, July-September 2004 Religion: Barrier or Bridge to Building Understanding By Fr Frank Brennan, SJ, AO, Uniya Jesuit Social Justice Centre, 2004 Nietzsche and the Religion of the Future By Steven Michels, Sacred Heart University, in Animus, 2004 Hegel on Secularity and Consummated Religion By F. L Jackson, Memorial University, in Animus, 2004 A Pragmatic Realist Philosophy of Religion By Eberhard Herrmann, Uppsala University, Sweden, in Ars Disputandi, 2003 Religion Without Speech? By Lance Ashdown, University of Groningen, The Netherlands in Ars Disputandi, 2003 Refuting the Evidentialist Challenge to Religion By Dirk-Martin Grube, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, in Ars Disputandi, 2003 Many True Religions, And Each An Only Way By S. Mark Heim, Andover Newton Theological School, USA, in Ars Disputandi, 2003 The Role of Religion in the Twenty-first Century: Epoch of Secularization or Cosmos Regained? By Glenn W. Olsen, Department of History, University of Utah, in The Catholic Social Science Review, 2003 Why Religion Still Matters By James Carroll in Dædalus, Summer 2003 Science, Religion and the Need for a World-View By Lars Haikola in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2003 Post-Modernism and Its Secrets: Religion without Religion By Clayton Crockett in Cross Currents, Winter 2003 When Religion Goes Bad By L. William Countryman in The Witness, January-February 2003 The Case for A Feminist Philosophy of Religion: Transforming Philosophy's Imagery and Myths By Pamela Sue Anderson in Ars Disputandi, 2002 The Concept of Religious Language By Carlo Huber S.J.; chapter 3 of the book Speaking of God, 2002 Basic Elements of Polish Religiosity By Czeslaw Bartnik; chapter 4 of the book Values in the Polish Cultural Tradition, 2002 Camellias and Happiness: An Integration of Science and Religion By Kevin Sharpe in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, Winter 2002 The Catholic Debate over Religious Pluralism By John Perry S.J. in Perspective, November 2002 Editorial Preface to James Doull's “Secularity and Religion” By James Alexander Doull, Dalhousie University, in Animus, 2002 Religion and Development at the Crossroads: Convergence or Divergence? A statement to the World Summit on Sustainable Development by the Bahá'í International Community, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2002 On Three Ways to Justify Religious Beliefs By Vincent Brümmer, Bilthoven, The Netherlands, in Ars Disputandi, 2001 A Challenge to Philosophy of Religion By Arie L. Molendijk in Ars Disputandi, 2001 On the Threshold: Religion's Role in the New Millennium By John T. Pawlikowski, O.S.M., Ph.D. at Hebrew Union College, 2001 On the Threshold: Religion's Role in the New Millennium By Rabbi David Saperstein at Hebrew Union College, 2001 Symbol of Peace: Religion through the Prism of Gandhi's Life and Vision By George Lazar; chapter 10 of the book Gandhi: The Meaning of Mahatma for the Millennium, 2001 Gandhi on Religion in Public Life By George Karuvelil; chapter 3 of the book Gandhi: The Meaning of Mahatma for the Millennium, 2001 Bishop Barnes, Science and Religion By Steve Bishop in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, Fall 2001 Religion and Social Harmony By Margaret Chatterjee; chapter 16 of the book Philosophical Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization, 2000 Religion and the Relation between Civilizations: Lectures on Cooperation between Islamic and Christian Cultures in a Global Horizon Book edited by George F. McLean, 2000 Religion in Civil Society: Surveying the South African Case By James R. Cochrane; chapter 1 of the book Sameness and Difference: Problems and Potentials in South African Civil Society, 2000 Religious Identity and Mobility By Michael Amaladoss, SJ, in Vidyajyoti (Journal of Theological Reflections), September 2000 Religious Pluralism and US Church Membership: A Reassessment By Daniel V.A. Olson in Sociology of Religion, 1999 Non-Overlapping Magisteria By Stephen Jay Gould in Skeptical Inquirer, 1999 Secularization in a Context of Advanced Modernity By Liliane Voye in Sociology of Religion, 1999 Making Religion Ethical: The Value Orientation of Religion in Contemporary Society By Huang Songjie; chapter 12 of the book The Bases of Values in a Time of Change, 1999 Science and Religion at a Crossroads: An Educational Perspective By William Johnson in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, September-October 1999 Converting to Religion after Its Demise: Thoughts on Marcel Gauchet and His American Reception By Steven Englund in Cross Currents, Spring 1999 Theorizing Religion at the Turn of the Millennium: From the Sacred to the Semiotic By Carl Raschke, Denver University, in Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, Winter 1999 Philosophy of Religion: Its Meaning and Scope By M. Saeed Sheikh; chapter 8 of the book Philosophy in Pakistan, 1998 The Category 'Religion' Reconsidered By James M. Byrne in The Way, 1998 What is Religion? By Thomas A. Idinopulos in Cross Currents, Fall 1998 Reflecting on the Plurality of Religions By Michael Pye, University of Marburg, Germany, 1997 E. B. Tylor and the Anthropology of Religion By Benson Saler, Brandeis University Fin de Siécle and the Development of a Post-secular Religion: Intimations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission By Cornél du Toit in Religion and Theology, 1997 Some Contemporary Reflections on Science and Religion By Arnold Sprenger; chapter 6 of the book Beyond Modernization: Chinese Roots for Global Awareness, 1997 Religious Experience and Civil Society By Joseph G. Donders; chapter 14 of the book Civil Society And Social Reconstruction, 1997 Religion, Politics, and the State: Cross-Cultural Observations By N. J. Demerath III and Karen S. Straight in Cross Currents, Spring 1997 The changing position and meaning of religion and the church in Western Europe By Gerard Dekker in Religion & Theology, 1996 Religion in a New Key: Global Perspectives and Encounters Challenging the Study of Religions By Ursula King in Religion and Theology, 1996 Religion and Our Loneliness By Johan Steyn in Religion and Theology, 1995 What is Religious Freedom? By Joseph Neuner in The Way, 1995 Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Religion By John Langan in Theological Studies, March 1995 The Function of Religion in Forming a Personal Model of Culture By Zofia J. Zdybicka; chapter 5 of the book The Philosophy of Person: Solidarity and Cultural Creativity, 1994 Religiousness in the Public and Private Lives of Poles By Wladyslaw Piwowarski; chapter 9 of the book Public and Private Social Inventions in Modern Societies, 1994 Voluntary Religion and the State in the United States By Dean R. Hoge; chapter 10 of the book Public and Private Social Inventions in Modern Societies, 1994 Religious Liberty: Catholic Struggles with Pluralism Full text of this book by John Courtney Murray, 1993 The Role of Religion in Character Development By Thomas C. Hennessy; chapter 11 of the book Character Development In Schools And Beyond, 1992 Popular Culture, Popular Religion: Framing the Question By Allan Figueroa Deck in The Way, 1992 Justin Martyr and Religious Exclusivism By Graham Keith, Teacher in Latin & Religious Education, Kyle Academy, Ayr, in Tyndale Bulletin, May 1992 John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards on Religious Experience: A Comparative Analysis By Robert Doyle Smith in Wesley Theological Journal, 1990 Philosophy of Religion: The Great Divide By Peter Vardy in The Way, 1987 Religion and Pain By Joseph H. Fichter, SJ in Theology Today, 1981 The Way Forward in the Religious Study of African Primal Religion By Harold W. Turner in Journal of Religion in Africa, 1981 The Right to Religious Liberty By Franco Biffi in SIDIC Periodical, 1980 Religious Liberty: A Jewish Perspective By Robert Gordis in SIDIC Periodical, 1980 Human Rights and Religious Liberty in Jewish'Christian Dialogue By Elio Toaff in SIDIC Periodical, 1980 Prejudice: The Enemy of Religious Liberty - Models and Mechanics of Transmitting Prejudice in Teaching By Willem Zuidema in SIDIC Periodical, 1980 The Ambiguity of Biblical Religion By Gregory Baum in Theology Today, 1977 Pop Psychology and the Gospel By Andrew M. Greeley in Theology Today, 1976 Secularization: Jewish and Christian Views SIDIC Periodical, No. 2, 1973 The Secular Search For Religious Experience By Harvey G. Cox in Theology Today, 1968 The Profits of Religion A study by Upton Sinclair of supernaturalism as a source of income and a shield to privilege, 1917 MISCELLANEOUS WEBSITES Religions in Renewal: Dialogue, Reform, Re-vision This site is dedicated to efforts by people all over the globe to renew their religions or ideologies in such a way that in the future they will be open to ongoing transformation while remaining solidly rooted in what is essential in their past. Ethical Humanism, Human Rights, Judaism, Christianity: Catholic, Christianity: Protestant, Islam, Baha'i, Ecumenical Dialogue Glossary of Religious Terms From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance The Internet Sacred Text Archive Bhagavad Gita, Bahai Texts, Bible, Buddhist Texts, Christian Fathers, Confucian Texts, Corpus Hermeticum, Dead Sea Scrolls, Divrei Torah, Enuma Elish, Ethiopian Texts, The Egyptian Book of the Dead, Gnostic Texts, Hindu Texts, Islamic Texts, Jain Texts, 1st and 2nd Books of Jeu, Mormon Texts, Nag Hammadi Texts, Old Testament Apocrypha, Old Testament Pseudepigrapha, Pistis Sophia, New Testament Apocryphal Acts, New Testament Apocryphal Apocalypse, New Testament Apocryphal Gospels, Taoist Texts, Sepher Yetzirah, Shinto Texts, Sikh Texts, Tibetan Book of the Dead, Urantia Book, Zen Texts, Zoroastrian Texts Explore the World's Sacred Sites Explorer-anthropologist Martin Gray has spent 18 years as a wandering pilgrim visiting, studying and photographing over 1000 sacred sites in 80 countries around the world. The places illustrated throughout this web site are a selection of those shown in Martin's slide shows. Each of the photographs featured here are accompanied with information on the archaeology, mythology and significance of the sites Teaching Native American Religions A series of discussions concerning the teaching of Indian religions outside of their own cultural context Religion and Science Eventually, this site will contain both links to relevant websites throughout the Internet and original articles by theologians and scientists who believe that theology and science can advance by collaborating and want to build bridges between their respective disciplines Bridging Science and Religion: Why it Must be Done By Robert John Russell, Founder and Director, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Psychology of Religion Page By Michael E. Nielsen, PhD, Department of Psychology, Georgia Southern University Religious Harassment MIT instructions for students who feel harassed by religious zealots Religiously-motivated conflict, oppression, unjustified discrimination, etc. From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance Laws Relating to Religion From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance American Religious Experience Links to sites dealing with a wide range of American religious experiences Religion Depot Information on religion and opportunities to expore religion and religions The Psychology of Religious Experience Huston Smith discusses psychodelic drugs, mysticism & the powers of the human mind with Jeffrey Mishlove. Transcript of Thinking Allowed interview Religion and Literature By Philip Schaff in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. IX: Petri - Reuchlin Adherents.com A growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. American Religion Data Archive The ARDA collection includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations) International Religious Freedom Report for 2004 Submitted to the Congress by the Department of State BBC Guide to the Religions of the World Islam, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism American Academy of Religion Founded in 1909, the AAR is the world's largest association of academics who research or teach topics related to religion Marburg Journal of Religion Articles from The Pluralism Project Religious Worlds This site offers information about religious traditions that developed in the Middle East or West Asia as well as others from South and East Asia, too Virtual Religion Index From the Rutgers University Religion Department Academic Info: Religion A Directory of Internet Resources for the Academic Study of Religion Internet Resources for the Study of Judaism and Christianity Compiled by Jay C. 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