Tuesday's News & Ideas
Why some Americans mix Christianity, Eastern religions
Christian Science Monitor: When worshipers borrow from Eastern religions and New Age beliefs, is it open-mindedness or a dilution of faith traditions?
Curing Christians' stats abuse
Christianity Today: The statistics we most love to repeat may be leading us to make bad choices about the church.
Stuyvesant Town gamble costs Church of England £40m
The (London) Guardian: Church backed $5.4 billion Stuyvesant investment that became mired in litigation to extract higher rents.
Ultra-Orthodox seek boycott of their own Web sites
Associated Press: Ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbis accuse their community's Web sites of disseminating "gossip, slander ... filth and abominations."
Seminary offers free course audits to residents
Salem (Mass.) News: Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary opens some spring courses free to area residents.
Haiti and the hypocrisy of Christian theology
Washington Post, On Faith blog: Richard Dawkins on theological explanations for the earthquake in Haiti.
The New York Times: Letters: Out of tragedy, questions about God
The Spark
The secrets of looking good on the dance floor
Why do some clubbers shake it like a Polaroid picture while others prefer to perch on a bar stool? British psychologist Peter Lovatt, who has conducted rigorous field work in nightclubs, believes he can explain why some booty shaking is hot -- and some is not, Speigel online reports. And most importantly, what dance styles are most likely to find you a potential mate? It all comes down to age, gender and genes.
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