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  • July 2008

    • Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Jul 2, 08 8:51 PM CDT

      Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

      China officially sanctions religious worship only at state facilities, but the Christian Science Monitor finds that plenty of wiggle room exists in the business world. It profiles one company whose Christian CEO is allowed to put up a church at every worksite. Why such accommodation in a formally atheist state? The company, SMIC, makes semiconductors, an area of production China is desperate to increase for its domestic electronics industry. More »

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      China  • technology  • Christianity  • electronics  • atheism  • religious conflict  • religious freedom  • semiconductor chip

  • June 2008

    • Top Ideas of Past Year

      newser  |  Atlantic Monthly  |  Jun 11, 08 5:19 PM CDT

      Top Ideas of Past Year

      Which ideas informed the national discourse (or lack thereof) in the past year? Well, the Atlantic Monthly knows, and there are 11 … er, 11½. From the troop surge in Iraq to post-partisan politics to the provocatively titled “mass-market atheism,” a look at some of the most captivating concepts of the past 12 months: More »

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      Barack Obama  • Iraq  • list  • Iran  • MySpace  • torture  • subprime crisis  • carbon footprint  • human genome  • atheism

  • April 2008

    • Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

      newser  |  Topeka Capital-Journal  |  Apr 26, 08 3:53 PM CDT

      Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Harassment

      An atheist soldier is suing the US military for harassment after commanders pressured him to find faith, the Topeka Capital-Journal reports. One officer broke into Jeremy Hall's atheist meeting in Iraq last year and said, “People like you are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted for America!” according to Hall's sworn statement, the New York Times reports. More »

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      lawsuit  • religion  • Army  • faith  • atheism

  • February 2008

    • Rice Plans Another Vampire Book

      newser  |  Time  |  Feb 25, 08 12:50 PM CST

      Rice Plans Another Vampire Book

      When atheist and chronicler of the undead Anne Rice embraced Christianity in 2005, she seemed to seal the coffin on her Vampire Chronicles. But she's backtracking on her vow to write only about the Lord and not Lestat. "I have one more book that I would really like to write," Rice tells Time. "It will be a story that I need to tell." More »

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      Christianity  • atheism  • vampire

  • November 2007

    • Pope Condemns Atheism

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 30, 07 3:20 PM CST

      Pope Condemns Atheism

      Pope Benedict issued a strong condemnation of atheism today and warned that advances in technology must be met with similar advancements in ethics. In his second encyclical, the pope said atheist ideologies have "led to the greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice," Reuters reports. "Man needs God," he wrote. "Otherwise he remains without hope." More »

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      Catholic Church  • Pope Benedict XVI  • Marxism  • atheism  • encyclical

    • Compass Film Strips Book's Anti-God Moral

      newser  |  Atlantic Monthly  |  Nov 9, 07 9:58 PM CST

      Compass Film Strips Book's Anti-God Moral

      When the film version of hit children’s book The Golden Compass hits theaters this month, its atheist message will be thoroughly scrubbed—but the author is mainly holding his tongue. Philip Pullman says New Line would have scored a bigger hit by preserving God and clergy as villains, but he’s remaining “sensible” so not to jeopardize future adaptations, the Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin reports. More »

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      Hollywood  • New Line Cinema  • atheism  • Golden Compass  • Philip Pullman

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