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The long spiritual journey of singer Paul Simon
(RNS) Paul Simon says there's always been a spiritual dimension to his music. But the overt religious references in his most recent album, "So Beautiful or So What," surprised even him. There are songs about God, angels, creation, pilgrimage, prayer and the afterlife.
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Wednesday Godbytes: Who is the coolest? Mormon actors, Christian pop stars, or Amish hipsters?
When you hear the word "hipster," you probably think of many things. V-neck shirts. Awkward mustaches. Flannel. Odd musical tastes. Urban Outfitters. Misuse of the word "ironic."
But now we all apparently have to add another word to that list: Amish.
Hear me out: The idea isn't actual...
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Has Matisyahu left Judaism?
(RNS) Matisyahu, the improbable but undeniable reggae star, announced on Twitter on Tuesday (Dec. 13) that he is shaving the beard that has long marked him as a Hasidic Jew.
Fans are confused.
Is he giving up the Orthodox brand of Judaism he adopted 10 years ago, and the ultra-religio...
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Young hip Jews leading a Hanukkah music makeover
(RNS) Put on your boogie shoes -- the new Hanukkah songs are here!
What last year seemed like a happy coincidence has become a hip new Hanukkah tradition: groups of harmonizing young Jews releasing seriously Jewish, yet seriously danceable, songs for the Festival of Lights.
The Maccab...
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Tuesday Godbytes
The U.S. Army recently announced it will allow an orthodox Jewish Rabbi to attend military chaplaincy training without shaving his beard. Still, the Washington Post wonders if there are other religious barriers in the U.S. Military.
No more funny business? Religion Dispatches asks: is...
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Monday Godbytes
The Dalai Lama is out and about in India, much to the chagrin of Chinese officials across the border. And when he's not irking China, he is also getting some buzz going about his new book on secular ethics.
CNN is looking at experts who claim Muslims are "more religious" than other f...
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Students ‘do interfaith’ through universal language of music
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) Say the word "interfaith" and the next word to roll off the tongue is probably "dialogue." It's hard to think of one without the other. But college students know there are other ways to communicate, and music may be chief among them.
Students from three North Caroli...
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Friday Godbytes
The eyes have it: Muslim women in Saudi Arabia may be forced to start covering up 'tempting' eyes.
The New York Times reviews a documentary about the Weissensee Jewish Cemetery, one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Europe. (it's less gloomy than it sounds!)
You've probably heard tha...
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Wednesday Godbytes
In Face-Melting News: Hey, remember the Ark of the covenant? You know, the thing from the Bible? No? Okay, you know that thing that melts people's faces off in the first Indiana Jones movie? Yeah, that.
Well it looks like people may have actually found the Ark of the Covenant (but pro...
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Mass changes have liturgists scurrying to craft new music
(RNS) For the average American Catholic in the pews, the upcoming changes to the text of the Mass might mean little more than memorizing a few new prayer responses.
But when the revised translation of the Mass sweeps into churches across America on the first Sunday of Advent (Nov. 27)...
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