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WELCOME TO WORLD'S FIRST BLOGSPHERE CREATED WITH THE OBJECT OF DISSEMINATING INFORMATION IN THE AREA THAT IS CALLED: MULTIFAITH. AND, AS A DOMAIN MULTIFAITH ENCOMPASSES FAITHS, BELIEFS, RELIGIONS, SPIRITUALITIES, CULTS, CULTURES, RACES, REGIONS, MEDITATION, MYSTICISM, ETC. [images © religionfacts.com]M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.comBlogger449125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-91553482573259523482021-11-28T22:47:00.012-05:002022-07-03T16:39:51.244-04:00Information Management as a Care and Caring Profession: Theory and Practice: A webliography<p>Note: This content is updated and posted at :<a href=" https://kmlisc.blogspot.com/2021/12/information-management-as-care-and.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">https://kmlisc.blogspot.com/2021/12/information-management-as-care-and.html</span></a></p><div><span color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.52)" face="Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">----------------------------</span></div><p><br /></p><p>Informational Care <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">or psychosocial resilience, is dealt in a book on Digital Witness. </span> But, a direct quote is as follows:</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px;">Alexa Koenig</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px;"> discusses the history of open source investigations for legal practice. ... the pragmatic considerations underlying open source investigations to issues of ethics and security, whether physical, digital, or </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px;">psychosocial</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px;">. [</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #3c4043;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dubberley, S., Koenig, A., & Murray, D. (Eds.). (2020). Digital witness: Using open source information for human rights investigation, documentation, and accountability. Oxford University Press, US., p. 11</span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #3c4043; font-size: 14px;">]</span></p></blockquote><p>Taher, M. (2021). Mapping Canadian Multifaith Spiritual & Religious Care (SRC) Articles, 2009-
2018, In: Taher, Mohamed, (ed.) Multifaith perspectives in spiritual & religious care: change,
challenge and transformation. Toronto, Canada: Canadian Multifaith Federation. pp. 83-98</p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Boon, B. (2008). </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The professional development of small community librarians in Texas: a qualitative study of the female experience</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">"Librarianship often is thought of as a </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">caring</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> profession that relies on human contact and </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">interaction. The role of </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">caring</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">librarianship</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> is even more evident in small communities where …"</span></p></blockquote><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Brown, L. (2020). Recalibrating Librarians’ Service Ethic in the COVID-19 Pandemic. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">, 95-106.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.102px;">Gorman, M. (1990). A bogus and dismal science or the eggplant that ate library schools. </span><em class="EmphasisTypeItalic" style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.102px;">American Libraries</em><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.102px;">, 21, 462–463.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Harris, R. (2000). Squeezing librarians out of the middle. In </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Women, Work and Computerization</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> (pp. 250-259). Springer, Boston, MA.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">"The undervaluing of women and women's work of </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">care</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">in</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">librarianship</b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> occurs </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">concomitantly, and in conjunction with technological change." </span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">Abstract: <span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.102px;">The labour process in North America’s libraries is greatly affected by technological change and the libraries’ predominantly female workforce is particularly vulnerable to displacement and deskilling. Interviews with employees of major public and academic library systems in the United States and Canada suggest that library workers, especially women, feel little control over decision-making involving the introduction, integration and use of new technologies. Themes of futility and frustration in their descriptions of the work environment suggest that women are often marginalized in the social relations of technological change in libraries. </span><a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-0-387-35509-2_30">Squeezing Librarians Out of the Middle | SpringerLink</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p></blockquote><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Palashevska, M. (2021). Bibliotherapy or Books on Prescription: Libraries, more important than ever!. </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Библиотекар-часопис за теорију и праксу библиотекарства</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">, </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">63</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">(2), 23-34.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Adkins, D., & Hussey, L. (2005). Unintentional recruiting for diversity. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> [</span><a href="https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/46221/PubLibs-2005-Unintentionalrecruitingfordiversity.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">link</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">]</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">"</span></span></span>To get future students of color to care about librarianship, our research suggests that librarians
should provide a base of support that emphasizes respect and service. Librarians should be
visible as service agents within the community.<span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">"</span></p></blockquote><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #222222;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Abreu, A. (2017). What collaboration means to me: Collaboration and care. </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Collaborative Librarianship</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">9</i><span face="Arial, sans-serif">(1), 3. </span></span><a href="https://digitalcommons.du.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1334&context=collaborativelibrarianship" style="font-size: medium;">What Collaboration Means to Me: Collaboration and Care (du.edu)</a></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">"For librarians, our professional ethics are
steeped in care. According to the ALA Code of
Ethics, we are to provide the “highest level of
service to all library users,” to enact “equitable
service policies” and provide access to resources
in an “accurate, unbiased, and courteous” manner. ... Informational care is applying knowledge or best
practices for the benefit of the intended care re cipient: this can be cooking a meal for a friend
with diabetes, or adapting an environment to
accommodate different abilities such as making
sure adaptive technology is readily available,
information instructional sessions meet a variety
of learning styles, and/or resources meet basic
ADA requirements. "</span></p></blockquote><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Ettarh, Fobazi. “Vocational Awe and Librarianship: The Lies We Tell Ourselves.” In the Library
with the Lead Pipe, January 10, 2018.
http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/vocational-awe/#identifier_19_8690.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Rosen, S. S. (2021). Caring Work: Reflections on Care and Librarianship. Library Juice Press. [<a href="https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/168210/Rosen--Caring-Work.pdf?sequence=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">link</a>]</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"> Moeller, Christine M. “Disability, Identity, and Professionalism: Precarity in Librarianship.” Library
Trends 67, no. 3 (May 8, 2019): 455–70. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2019.0006. </span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Oud, Joanne. “Systemic Workplace Barriers for Academic Librarians with Disabilities.” College &
Research Libraries 80, no. 2 (March 2019): 169–94. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.80.2.169. </span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Piepzna-Samarasinha, Leah Lakshmi. Care Work : Dreaming Disability Justice. Vancouver:
Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">Olson, D., Meyerson, J., Parsons, M. A., Castro, J., Lassere, M., Wright, D. J., ... & Dillo, I. (2019). </span><a href="https://www.narcis.nl/publication/RecordID/oai:pure.knaw.nl:publications%2Fcb558bf3-0d05-432e-b76c-178f923f1769" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Information Maintenance as a Practice of Care</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;">. </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"><span face=""Open Sans", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #404040; font-size: 11.648px;">An invitation to participate in a broad ranging discussion that infuses information maintenance with practices, relationships, and ways of thinking and being that represent a coherent ethic of care. [<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/3236410/files/Interactive-Single-Information-Maintenance-Practice-of-Care-corrections-June16.pdf%3fdownload%3d1" target="_blank">pdf</a>]</span></span></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> "Talking about care or psychosocial resilience in open source investigations can be met with resistance. Alexa Koenig, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of Berkeley, California, for example, counters this in resiliency and professional trainings through including care within a holistic security framework. “I explain that security in open source activities is tripartite—physical, digital and psychosocial”, writes Alexa, “and that they are like overlapping Venn diagrams. When one is affected, the other two usually are as well” (A Koenig 2019, personal communication, 29 December)." Dyer, S., & Ivens, G. (2020). What would a feminist open source investigation look like?. Digital War, 1(1), 5-17. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s42984-020-00008-9</p></blockquote><p><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">Martin, A., N. Myers, and A. Viseu. 2015. The Politics of Care in Technoscience. </span><i style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">Social Studies of Science</i><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;"> 45 (5): 625–641.</span></p><p><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 13px;"></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">de la Bellacasa, M.P. 2011. Matters of Care in Technoscience: Assembling Neglected Things. </span><i style="background-color: #fcfcfc; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;">Social Studies of Science</i><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;"> 41 (1): 85–106.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Palatino, serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></p>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-58200645188279370792021-03-23T20:19:00.002-04:002021-03-23T20:19:54.593-04:00 Final Call for Book Chapters: ++ Global survey [$25 Gift card, enter to win ]<p> <span mce_style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;">Thank you if you have responded to this call. </span><span class="mceItemHidden">In case you missed, I again cordially invite you to submit a chapter proposal by April 8 2021 for the</span><span mce_style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"> forthcoming scholarly book:</span></p><div mce_style="padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div><span mce_style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="mceItemHidden">The book is </span><a href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071" mce_href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071" target="_blank" title="Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities"><span class="mceItemHidden">Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities</span></a><span class="mceItemHidden">, to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. </span></span><a href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071" mce_href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071" mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" target="_blank"><span class="mceItemHidden">https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071</span></a><span class="mceItemHidden"> </span></div><div mce_style="padding-left: 30px;"><br /></div><div mce_style="padding-left: 30px;"><div dir="ltr" mce_style="color: #000000; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span class="mceItemHidden">First section of the book is the subject of this call for chapters. 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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi, India.</span><o:p></o:p></div><span class="mceItemHidden">Stephen Abram, MLS CEO, Lighthouse Consulting, Inc Canada</span></div></div></div><blockquote mce_style="color: #000000; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span class="mceItemHidden">Sincerely</span></div><div><span class="mceItemHidden">Dr. Mohamed Taher, PhD., DLitt. Certificate Records & Info Mgmt. Practice. 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M<b>ost questions are optional!</b></li></ul></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><ul><li>Two questions (#8 & #10) have a <b>sample list of trendsetters</b>. If your institution has made a distinct contribution, and is missing, Please choose "Other" and send me your details, for the next survey probably in the coming week or so. Thanks </li></ul></div><div>We really appreciate your help. </div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />Thank You!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">---------------</span></span></span></span></span></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><div mce_style="color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">INTRODUCTON</span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span><div style="font-size: 12px;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">Libraries, Archives, Museums </span>(LAM), and <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">community-based organizations</span> (CBO) do have partnerships - - mainly because both are information providers. This survey is focused on the post COVID-19 era, and the strategies, that are expected or are ready for <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">Social Justice</span> (SJ) & <span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;">Civic Engagement</span> (CE).</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">The results of the survey will help in developing content for the forthcoming book: Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities, a forthcoming publication. of IGI-Global. For more details of the book visit. </span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071" mce_href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071" target="_blank"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071</span></a></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">The book chapter proposal submission date is extended to March 23, 2021: Thank you to all those who have already submitted. </span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">This survey is anonymous. The results of this survey will be used for scholarly purpose only.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">---------------</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span><div><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span face=""comic sans ms", sans-serif" mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span mce_style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" mce_fixed="1" mce_name="strong" mce_style="font-weight: bold;" style="font-weight: bold;"><span mce_style="background-color: #ffcc00;" style="background-color: #ffcc00;">Terminology:</span></span></div><div mce_style="font-family: "comic sans ms", sans-serif;" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></div><div><div>>>>>>LAM = Libraries, Archives, Museums (LAM), </div><div><br /></div><div>>>>> CBO = Community-Based Organizations (CBO) </div><div><br /></div><div>>>>>> SJ = Social Justice </div><div><br /></div><div>>>>> CJ = Civic Engagement </div><div><br /></div><div>>>>>“Social justice is the view that everyone deserves equal economic, political and social rights and opportunities.” (National Association of Social Workers)</div><div><br /></div><div>>>>>"Civic engagement is simply fulfilling your role as a citizen in your community and society through active participation in civic life." [www.wright.edu/] -- ""Examples can range from creating a home assessment offer to keep citizens safe, using a website as an emergency platform for community disasters, or creating an emergency response team for a disaster." [civicplus . com]</div><div><br /></div><div>>>>>:"Libraries, archives and museums (or LAMs) coexist in a variety of organizational settings and face increasing pressure to provide more integrated access to their collections." [www.oclc . org]</div><div><br /></div><div>>>>> "...community based organizations are providers of adult education." [Teaching Social Justice through Community Engagement https://files.eric.ed. gov/fulltext/EJ1136524. pdf ]</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you.</div><div>Mohamed Taher, Toronto</div><div>mt at akbani dot info</div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-84320845093847634522021-02-18T12:42:00.003-05:002021-02-18T12:43:53.884-05:00 Call for Chapter Proposals Date Extended: March 23, 2021, Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call for Chapter Proposals Date Extended: March 23, 2021, due to a high number of requests.</span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">This is a call for Book Chapters: Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The deadline for proposal submission has been extended until March 23t due to a high number of requests.</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071?">https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071?</a></span></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to everyone who has already submitted a proposal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-21264561938247427082021-01-29T23:53:00.001-05:002021-01-29T23:55:29.632-05:00Interfaith Literacy, Multifaith Literacy, Religious Literacy, in relation to civic engagement and social inclusion --- Call for Book Chapters:<div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 1.5rem;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 1.5rem;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 1.5rem;">Call for Book Chapters: Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities</span></div><div><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="background-color: white; color: #212529; font-size: 1.5rem;"><br /></span></div><div><h4 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; 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margin-top: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></h4></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities. Details are https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5071</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Currently, I am in the process of editing a forthcoming book entitled, Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities, to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">I am certain that your contribution of scholarly work on the topics such as, Digital literacy, social inclusion community engagement, civic interfaith literacy, etc., will make an excellent addition to this book.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">I would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit your proposal for consideration in this publication.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Inquiries:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Editor:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Dr. Mohamed Taher<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Chief Information Officer<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Canadian Multifaith Federation<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />mt@akbani dot info</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Sincerely<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Dr. Mohamed Taher, PhD., DLitt. Certificate Records & Info Mgmt. Practice. University of Toronto.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Chief Information Officer Canadian Multifaith Federation</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Fulbright Scholar (Rutgers Univ, NJ.,, USA).<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Faculty, Seneca College, Library Information Technician Program <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Author: : Cyber Worship in Multifaith Perspectives, 2006, Scarecrow Press<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Job Search The Canadian Way. 2010, Akbani Informatics<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Blogger: Multifaith Information Gateway: www.multifaith.blogspot.com</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Please visit the IGI-Global Website for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. You can also find detailed manuscript formatting and submission guidelines [https://www.igi-global.com/.../contribu.../before-you-write/]. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. email : mt@akbani dot info</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Imp Dates:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Proposals Submission Deadline: February 23, 2021<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Full Chapters Due: May 8, 2021</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">About the Book (a quick glance):<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />The focus of the book is on two themes, civic engagement, and social justice. This brings in two perspectives that become the value of this book. First, it is to illustrate that librarians are not just stamping books, and libraries are not just lending books. Libraries and librarians are actively engaged in social goals and encourage community-led partnerships. Second, it presents evidence that library-led engagement does facilitate in bridging the digital divide and therefore a social good.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Social inclusion and civic participation, as a social role of Libraries, Archives and Museums (LAM), have been dealt with individually (e.g., social justice in libraries, 9). The book presents a holistic approach to understanding implications of the collective work of LAM, as it evolves today.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Little of the existing research has identified the requirements of community leaders and experts (they are not even included in PEW's Digital Age survey, 1.) with regard to social inclusion or community engagement. Furthermore, the voices of LAM have not been heard collectively--presenting the other side of the coin.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Thank you very much for your consideration of this invitation, to hear from you with your proposal of 1,000 words by February 23, 2021,.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Here are a few suggested areas of research:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">General areas:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />e. Conduct a survey, focus group or interview with LAM leaders, and ask: If communities are creating an atmosphere for engagement, such as civic interfaith literacy programs will LAM's be interested in being collaborators?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />example. ["Forum is From Interfaith Encounter to Engagement:, Stories of Interfaith Dialogue; Tackling Prejudices; Learning from Differences; Engaging a Racialized Society, and The Life Cycle of Dialogue."(2)]</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Specific areas of research:<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1. LAMs, Community organizations (schools, academia, NGO, non-profits) and Information Studies (LIS) are, hypothetically, mutually dependent and therefore well connected? Need evidncen based studies.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2. Digital literacy services, (e.g., media bias, fake news, civic interfaith orientation) can be more attractive, only when libraries market their services as more reliable than oral sources, deceptive sites, digital dividers, hidden Web, etc.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Objective<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />a. Identify plans for the next five to ten years for better social inclusion or community engagement: The book aims to bring new voices from the community and LAM- - two sides of the coin. Community leaders & experts will bring their expectations, experiences and insights (with this data, LAM community leaders and experts will bring their voices, enabling both sides to work closely, benefitting the readers, in many ways).<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />b. Identify projects that are short term and long term, for a better role of LAM's services in the digital age: The book will present the lessons learned from digital literacy to reduce social isolation,, and enhance civic engagement (empowering to detect channels of discrimination, hate, violence, etc.).<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />c. Highlight measurable outcomes for increasing satisfaction of the community: Provide current issues, trends and challenges faced by LAM's in service delivery/customer feedback, first in increasing civic engagement and second in restoring social justice.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />d. Assess the accomplishments: Present the state-of-the-art review of community engagement and social justice models in practice and in curriculum <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /> Target Audience<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Community organizations<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Educational leaders and faculty in iSchools<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Information management leaders and professionals<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Social and community specialists in smart city design<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Front line workers in all public and private sectors<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Policy makers engaged in training and HR in diversity<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Researchers, and developers of digital tools<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Recommended Topics</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;">Part I: Digital Literacy Framework (social and civic)1. Big data literacy 2. Civic engagement literacy 3. Cultural competency literacy 4. Cyber crime literacy 5. Digital scams literacy 6. Eco-Spiritual literacy 7. Fake news literacy 8. Gender literacy 9. Hate crimes literacy 10. Religious literacy (Averting Violent Extremism)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Part II: Social Justice/Civic Engagement Framework 1. Acceptance 2. Advocacy 3. Civic-minded 4. Collaboration 5. Compassionate 6. Diversity 7. Respect<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Part III: Interfaith Literacy for Civic Engagement, Strands: 1. Dialogue Dimension; 2. Dialogue of Life; 3. Dialogue of social involvement; 4. Theological dialogue; 5. Dialogue of Experience Part<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />IV: Emerging Trends<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Community (organizations, leaders, experts, planners, methodologists, consultants, stakeholders, participants)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1. Partnership with LAM &/or Information Studies programs: What works?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2. Social justice and civic engagement: policies, programs, process: Best practices<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />3. Civic Interfaith and other literacies: Lessons learned<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />• Information Studies Programs (organizations, faculty, researches, students, alumni, leaders, experts, planners, methodologists, consultants, stakeholders)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />1. Partnership with LAM &/or Community programs: What works?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2. Digital Literacy Instruction: Models for LAM<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />3. Social justice and civic engagement: Train the trainer program<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />4. Civic Interfaith and other literacies: Hands on experience, critically evaluated success stories • LAM (organizations, leaders, experts, planners, methodologists, consultants, stakeholders, participants) 1. Partnership with Community Organizations &/or Information Studies programs: What works? 2. LAMs partnership: Public,/Private. Local, Global: What work's 3. LAM-led community activities: Lessons learned 4. Community-led activities: Success reports 5. Evaluating tools (e.g., LibQUAL) and Techniques: Best practices.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Submission Procedure<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 23, 2021, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by March 9, 2021 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 8, 2021, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at https://www.igi-global.com/.../contribu.../before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery® online submission manager..<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></p></div>M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-56386724667393763792016-05-13T13:32:00.002-04:002016-05-13T13:41:58.575-04:00Intelligence is endowed. Wisdom is learned - Quotes from Islamic, Chinese, Israelite, Christian, & Hindu Sources<ul>
<li style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BNUXVEM?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B01BNUXVEM&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20">Wisdom in Early Confucian and Israelite Traditions</a>, By Xinzhong Yao (Routledge, 2016. p. 79): (ZiGong BCE), one of the closest disciples of Confucius, reportedly said: 'Not to tire of learning is wisdom' :
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<a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51OaSxpZakL._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51OaSxpZakL._SX323_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="130" /></a>Wisdom is an integratal part of all philosophical and religious traditions in the world.
Focusing on the concept of wisdom, this book examines the difficulties and problems
facing comparative studies of the early Confucian and Israelite traditions by
exploring the cosmological and ethical implications of wisdom in the older layers of
Christian and Confucian texts. Presenting a detailed discussion of how wisdom was
understood in philosophical, religious and social contexts by the writers of the socalled
early Confucian and Israelite wisdom texts, this book offers an invaluable
contribution to our understanding of the significance of wisdom in the East and West,
and to our knowledge of different and yet related ways of life as understood in their
literature.<br />
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For the Israelites the divine is YHWH, the creator of the world and of human beings,
and YHWH is the sole source of human nature and wisdom, as explained in the Book
of Ben Sira:
He [YHWH] gave to men few days, a limited time, but granted them authority
over the things upon the earth. He endowed them with strength like his own, and
made them in his own image … he filled them with knowledge and
understanding, and showed them good and evil. (Sir. 17:2–7)(page 122)...
<a href="http://sacredartichoke.com/latarsha/Nonfiction%201700%20Sorted%20Ebooks%20Pack%20PHC/0754609553.Ashgate.Publishing.Wisdom.in.Early.Confucian.And.Israelite.Traditions.A.Comparative.Study.Sep.2006.pdf">Continue reading</a> (ebook)</blockquote>
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<li>Intelligence is endowed. wisdom is learned, <a href="http://www.islamicity.com/bulletin/Bulletin050916.htm" target="_blank">IslamiCity Bulletin</a></li>
<li>Prophetic Wisdom – Generation Gap By: Sadullah Khan Source: <a href="http://www.islamicity.org/5097" target="_blank">IslamiCity</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.livingislam.org/n/ks_e.html">Knowledge of the Sacred, According To to S H Nasr</a>: Intelligence is endowed with the possibility of what? -- it is endowed with the possibility of knowing the Absolute
<li>Wisdom of Imam Ali Source: <a href="http://www.islamicity.org/10135" target="_blank">IslamiCity</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://isatsang.blogspot.ca/2014/08/narayaneeyam-dasakam-5.html">Narayaneeyam - Dasakam: 5 (Cosmic Evolution)</a>: Oh Guruvayoorappa! This principle of intelligence is endowed with the three gunas. Being activated by that Supreme Consciosness,and being roused by Time. The principle of Intelligence was projected by Maya.This came to be known as "MAHAT". Although a f "Prakriti" with its constituent qualities of Sathwa, Rajas and Tamas,the 'mahat' was predominantly Sathwa in nature with no separate individuality or status of its own.A bit more of "TAMAS" was then added to "Mahat"and it now came to be known as "AHAMKARA" (Egoity),rooted in separateness, difference and plurality. [see also <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 12px/16px "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">THE <a href="http://jaisspritualonlinejourney.blogspot.ca/2009/09/origin-of-universe-concept-of-virata.html" target="_blank">ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE --(The Concept of the "VIRATA PURUSHA")</a></span>]</li>
<li> <a href="http://biblehub.com/daniel/1-17.htm">Daniel 1:4 : biblehub</a>:
youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king's court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.</li>
<li> Intelligence is endowed, but wisdom learned: <a href="http://holytrinityenvironmentalgarden.blogspot.ca/2014/03/intelligence-is-endowed-but-wisdom.html">Holy Trinity Primary School Environmental Garden</a>
<li> Wisdom is learned through the School of Hard Knocks and is the result of struggle and mistakes. When one is arguing from Wisdom, one argues from a place of folk tradition, intuition and common sense.
Wisdom gives acuteness of judgment. It is the Sophia, the innate knowing that we have and aren’t aware of. This is the power attributed to the great seers, oracles and Biblical judges. <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/betweentheshadows/2015/03/seekers-and-guides-knowledge-wisdom-and-gnosis/">Seekers and Guides: Knowledge, Wisdom and Gnosis </a>(Paganism)
<li> Chinese Wisdom - <a href="http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/chinese-wisdom/">Poem by Lawrence CH Hiun</a> : <strong>audio</strong> <br />
In crisis, wisdom growth, <br />
And gained.<br />
Intelligence endowed, <br />
But wisdom is learned.<br />
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-60828620099913151552016-04-29T22:43:00.000-04:002016-04-29T22:43:25.669-04:00Robot Buddhist monk delivers message to digital generation<br />
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<li>Religion News: Robot monk delivers message to digital generation, <a href="http://www.sooeveningnews.com/article/20160428/NEWS/160428878">Sault Ste. Marie Evening News</a>· Extract: In an effort to reach the digital generation, a buddhist monk at thel Longquan Temple in China developed a 2-foot tall robot monk that answers simple questions and chants mantras. (Wikimedia Commons)
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<li>Meet Xian’er, the robot monk spreading the teachings of Buddhism around China, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/04/27/meet-xianer-the-robot-monk-spreading-the-teachings-of-buddhism-around-china.html">The Toronto Star</a> -- The creator of the two-foot-tall monk hopes the robot’s wise words can satisfy the questions of millions of Chinese Buddhists.
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<li> Robot Monk Seeks to Merge Buddhism and Cutting Edge Tech <a href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a20605/robot-monks-seeks-to-merge-buddhism-and-cutting-edge-tech/">popularmechanics</a>-- The cutest bridge between technology and spirituality you'll ever see.
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<li> This 500-Year-Old Chinese Temple Has A Robot Buddhist Monk To Help You Find Inner Peace! <a href="http://www.indiatimes.com/news/world/this-500-year-old-chinese-temple-has-a-robot-buddhist-monk-to-help-you-find-inner-peace-254140.html">IndiaTimes</a> Kunal Anand [above image courtesy: IndiaTimes]</li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-9881116439725246142016-01-14T13:13:00.001-05:002016-01-21T15:24:26.878-05:00Mindfulness and Information Profession - Webliography<span style="clear: right; color: black; float: right; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0081005555?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0081005555&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><img alt="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0081005555?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0081005555&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jHCt3A94L._SX331_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" height="320" width="213" /></a></span><br />
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<li>Information explosion and chaos, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/information-explosion-chaos-m-s-sridhar" target="_blank">A comment</a> by M S Sridhar on <a href="https://hbr.org/2014/03/mindfulness-in-the-age-of-complexity" target="_blank">Mindfulness in the Age of Complexity<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"></span></a> An interview of Ellen Langer (HBR South Asia, Mar 2014, p 62-67)</li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0081005555?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0081005555&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #e47911; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Mindful Librarian: Connecting the Practice of Mindfulness to Librarianship (Chandos Information Professional)</a> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Richard Moniz</span></li>
<li>Don’t Overthink It: How Librarians Can Conquer Perfectionism with Mindfulness, <a href="http://librarylostfound.com/2016/01/19/dont-overthink-it-how-librarians-can-conquer-perfectionism-with-mindfulness/" target="_blank">hhibner</a></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0835608263?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0835608263&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Rebecca Z Shafir MA CCC</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">Insights and Practical Tips on Practicing Mindful Librarianship to Manage Stress
Kristen Mastel and Genevieve Innes <a href="http://libres-ejournal.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Insights-and-practical-tips-on-practicing-mindful-librarianship-to-manage-stress.pdf" target="_blank">libres-ejournal.info</a></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">Searching Mindfully: Are Libraries up to the challenge of competing with Google Books? <a href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2183&context=libphilprac" target="_blank">Amrita Dhawan PhD</a></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">A Temporal Model of Mindful Interactions Around New Service Conception <a href="http://surface.syr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1068&context=it_etd" target="_blank">Joe Rubleske</a> [School of Information Studies (iSchool)]</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><a href="http://robinnaughton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Conceputal-Model.jpg" target="_blank">A Conceptual Model: Designing Public Library Websites for Teens</a>. Robin Naughton [<a href="http://robinnaughton.com/category/publications/" target="_blank">digital</a>]</span></span></span></span></li>
<li>How modern information overload can affect the brain <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KZTHb1lmzg" target="_blank">YouTube<span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></a></li>
<li>Recovering from information overload - <a href="http://www.mindfulnessatwork.ie/mckinsey-quarterly-recovering-from-information-overload-jan-2011-3/" target="_blank">Mindfulness at Work</a></li>
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SEE ALSO:<a href="http://multifaith.blogspot.ca/2006/09/multifaith-resource-series-mindfulness.html" style="color: #ba476b; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Multifaith Resource Series - Mindfulness</a></h3>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-47691033678068866442016-01-08T13:11:00.000-05:002016-01-08T13:11:17.780-05:00Spirituality Without Religion : Webliography<blockquote>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/000719045X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=000719045X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">How To Pray Without Being Religious: Finding Your Own Spiritual Path</a> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Janell Moon</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ME9F50U?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00ME9F50U&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">I'd Like To Call For Help But I Don't Know the Number: The Search For The Spirituality In Everyday Life</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Abraham J. Twerski M.D.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767903005?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0767903005&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Using the World's Spiritual Traditions</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Andrew Harvey</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570250480?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1570250480&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Working with Groups on Spiritual Themes: Structured Exercises in Healing</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Elaine Hopkins</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971531803?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0971531803&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Spiritual Assessment: Handbook for Helping Professionals</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">David R. Hodge</span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553353063?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0553353063&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Dance of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Women's Spirituality</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Maria Harris</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L3SO3PG?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00L3SO3PG&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #e47911; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Connections: The Threads of Intuitive Wisdom</a> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Gabrielle Roth</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824512235?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0824512235&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Art of Spiritual Guidance</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Carolyn Gratton</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/155896469X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=155896469X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Simply Pray: A Modern Spiritual Practice to Deepen Your Life</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Erik Walker Wikstrom</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FGAEHWQ?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00FGAEHWQ&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Sacred Art of Chant: Preparing to Practice (The Art of Spiritual Living)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Ana Hernández</span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585421723?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1585421723&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Doing Nothing: Coming to the End of the Spiritual Search (reprint)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Steven Harrison</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1851689915?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1851689915&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Fifth Dimension: An Exploration of the Spiritual Realm</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">John Hick </span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1860320600?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1860320600&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Spiritualism: A Way of Life</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Elizabeth Harris</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1585423297?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1585423297&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Creativity</a> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> Where the Divine and the Human Meet </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;">Matthew Fox</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684807866?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0684807866&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Spiritual Serendipity: Cultivating and Celebrating the Art of the Unexpected</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Linda Eyre</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1570753695?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1570753695&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Spiritual Questions for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of Joan D. Chittister</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Mary Hembrow Snyder</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824507746?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0824507746&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Spirituality and the Secular Quest (World Spirituality)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Peter H. van Ness</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893361829?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1893361829&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Sacred Art of Bowing: Preparing to Practice (The Art of Spiritual Living)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Andi Young</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0517701502?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0517701502&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Transformations: Awakening to the Sacred in Ourselves</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Tracy Cochran</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1893361853?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1893361853&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #e47911; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Practicing
the Sacred Art of Listening: A Guide to Enrich Your Relationships and
Kindle Your Spiritual Life (The Art of Spiritual Living)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Kay Lindahl</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679783598?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0679783598&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Seeker's Guide (previously published as The New American Spirituality)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Elizabeth Lesser</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0874775388?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0874775388&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis (New Consciousness Readers)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Stanislav Grof</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553371320?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0553371320&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">The Spirituality of Imperfection: Storytelling and the Search for Meaning</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Ernest Kurtz</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1620552507?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1620552507&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Sacred Woman, Sacred Dance: Awakening Spirituality Through Movement and Ritual</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Iris J. Stewart</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0894865684?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0894865684&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #996633; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">Answers in the Heart: Daily Meditations For Men And Women Recovering From Sex Addiction (Hazelden Meditation Series)</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Anonymous</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0722534396?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0722534396&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" style="color: #e47911; vertical-align: top;" target="_blank">In the Middle of This Road We Call Our Life: The Courage to Search for Something More</a> </span><span style="line-height: 18.2px;"></span><img class="CToWUd" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEijeI0D-p2_7k8C8v9O3HvBBnRqJwp1vS3bDDA1GyWycxlXF8x5wcZxUeNyP3UrN3K1jQAZ4Iy6DUtjxbocJdrfaGxBl3jTGnGOlBORqIXJk1L8CrIKY5natDVp3NRNM7YcEQFPQ6pTafesrQ0i4iWXxMZVdtO2J8RvOCtxKVLVVSCLVUDRQ6KD2vFqZ3fTUzSuYlsn7KN9E9EBFAPDLbCarTBUazPrw98ih4D0Z4k=s0-d-e1-ft" style="line-height: 18.2px; vertical-align: top;" /> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;">James Jones</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-90264815343407460382015-12-29T12:28:00.004-05:002015-12-29T12:28:33.900-05:00Let us all fall in love with books and heal our fractured world, Muhammad Abdul Bari Extract:<br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px "Open Sans"; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">"Religion in recent times is being seen as almost irrelevant in many European countries, but the religion of Islam has become a hot topic for various reasons. Religious literacy, particularly of Islam, even in our highly educated country is indeed poor. Lazy journalism, or in some cases cheap populism, may be partially responsible for this.</span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px "Open Sans"; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 16px/24px "Open Sans"; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Knowledge about one’s own background is essential, but knowing others is no less important in our modern globalised world. The truth is the more our children know traditions other than their own, the more they become confident and mature; they grow up with tolerance and respect for others which is vital in a pluralist society..."</span></span><br />
Read more: <a href="http://www.head2heart.org.uk/knowledge-of-one-another-not-ignorance-is-the-best-way-to-heal-our-fractured-world/" target="_blank">Knowledge of One Another, Not Ignorance, Is the Best Way to Heal Our Fractured World</a><br />
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-15463787696022450482015-08-15T22:47:00.003-04:002015-08-15T22:47:22.606-04:00Interfaith Literacy Resources in the Index Islamicus: A Bibliometric Analysis, Mohamed Taher<a href="http://myrepositori.pnm.gov.my/bitstream/123456789/3070/1/15InterfaithLiteracyResourcesInIndexIslamicus.pdf" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Interfaith Literacy Resources in the Index Islamicus: A Bibliometric Analysis</a><br />
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This article was accepted in the 6th World Congress of Muslim Librarians and Information
Scientists 2011 (WCOMLIS 2011), held on the 16-17th November 2011, at
the Cultural Activity Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia
(IIUM)<br />
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Abstract<br />
<u>Purpose</u><br />
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Seeks to identify the potential value of an e-tool, viz., Index Islamicus as an interfaith literacy resource. Specifically, it is about the value of such a tool by users, such as, scholars as well as library and information professionals in promoting tolerance in every day life. A conceptual clarity is required as to how far such a tool helps or when there is a need to develop tools that supplement the content of Index Islamicus. Here, interfaith is confined to mean it is all about Islam and its relation with other faiths.<br />
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<u>Design/methodology/approach</u><br />
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The study uses bibliometric indicators and bibliographic parameters in order to assess the contents, as well in identifying the frequently occurring themes and to know how user-friendly its resource description is. Index Islamicus covers almost 100 years of publications on the world of Islam, in over 300 journals (among many other formats), and has 330,878 records. The author has bibliometrically analysed the 1308 subject headings appearing in 675 articles from 106 journals in Index Islamicus. A detailed description highlights the state of the art of the contents, i.e.
Index‘s coverage by geography and subjects.<br />
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The present study will focus on English language interfaith resources, published between 1976 and 2006. A quick look at the data reveals that there is a bias towards the Western world in the content. Interestingly, despite this factor, there are 153 articles from Organization of Islamic Countries. Overall, the analysis of the literature aimed to first, test the hypothesis about the interfaith coverage of the Index, and second to visualize how well the Index categorizes its subject content. Quantitative and qualitative approaches are used to test these performances.<br />
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<u>Findings</u><br />
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The study finds that there are as many as 675 articles with a high frequency of terms relating to interfaith literacy in the Index Islamicus. Despite this high frequency of occurrence of the terms relating to interfaith perspectives in the Index, there is no such subject heading or descriptor, per se on the subject of interfaith. Hence, the hypothesis about presence of such a literature stands validated. But, the hypothesis about manifestation of such a vast literature in terms of resource description, as descriptors (or subject headings), fails. Nevertheless, the subject coverage as available in Index Islamicus offers a real opportunity for Librarians and researchers, globally, to not just search but also browse. However, there is a need first, to improve this tool, second, bring uniformity in subject descriptors (headings), and third consistency in use of subject terms. In a way, this tool presents an opportunity for librarians in their day to day mediated searching, first to customize the content and second to develop similar indices using emerging web and technological interfaces. The information professionals are urged to use this or other similar tools and produce an improved product on interfaith literacy. Such a product will increase trust and reliance by the end-user, and thereby get a direct support for library programs and services. The author feels that librarians do have the skills, capabilities and technology to accomplish this, especially if they are supported by their organizations--with respect to interfaith education and resources that promote mutual
co-existence among the global citizens. An appendix of this article provides a sample template to design and develop such tools.<br />
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<u>Originality/value:</u><br />
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This article should be of use in the development of interfaith librarianship.
The results of the study will help, at least, three distinct communities of practice, viz., end-users will know what is available in the Index, disseminators will know the strength and opportunities of this information-base, and producers of such resources or information industry will know the challenges and weaknesses.
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<br />M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-60278671232474363312015-07-26T23:36:00.002-04:002015-07-26T23:59:43.976-04:00The World’s Most Popular Book Isn’t Harry Potter (Or The Bible), Turns out the Quran is top The Top Ten list is here:<br />
<ul>
<li>The Koran (ed: Quran) – three billion copies sold - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8171510280?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=8171510280&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>The King James Bible – 2.5bn - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0834003503?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0834003503&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Mao Zedong – 800m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/083512388X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=083512388X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes – 500m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060934344?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0060934344&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Harry Potter series, JK Rowling – 450m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545162076?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0545162076&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens – 200m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1503219704?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1503219704&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien – 150m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345538374?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0345538374&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Le Petit Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry – 140m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156013983?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0156013983&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll – 100m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674967798?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0674967798&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a></li>
<li>Dream of the Red Chamber, Cao Xueqin – 100m - Browse for more at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0140442936?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0140442936&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Amazon</a> [continue reading: <br /><cite class="byline vcard" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1437544941859_784"><span class="provider org" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1437544941859_783">Rob Waugh @ <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/the-world-s-most-popular-book-isn-t-harry-potter--or-the-bible-084319142.html" target="_blank">Yahoo News]</a></span></cite></li>
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See the live list here: Lovereading Updates from the world of books » The most popular books of all time:<br />
-- The list is ranked by <a href="http://blog.lovereading.co.uk/2014/08/the-most-popular-books-of-all-time" target="_blank">lovereading.com</a> and takes into account the number of editions, translations and copies sold.<br />
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-86803935877682835692015-07-17T23:48:00.001-04:002015-07-17T23:48:06.838-04:00Prayer Beads, Rosary in Religions<blockquote>
Rosary or beads are used by a variety of religions, e.g., Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism,etc.
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<ul>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title"><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010ATZV0E?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B010ATZV0E&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Tibetan
Buddhist Water Wave Stripe Tiger Tooth Motif Pure Agate Dzi Bead
Bracelet Rosary Amulet Tibet Antique Ancient Zig Zag Mala Prayer Beads
Worry Milky Oval Old Necklace Pendant</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
tibetanbead</span></span></li>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title"><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PAD3BQW?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00PAD3BQW&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Sterling Silver Rosary Sterling Silver, 7MM Bead 2 1⁄8" Crucifix</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
US Gifts</span></span></li>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title"><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MXNX824?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00MXNX824&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Sterling Silver Rosary</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
US Gifts </span></span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PKQPU0E?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00PKQPU0E&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Ahimsa 'Do No Harm' Sanskrit Necklace in Bronze on 1mm Gold Fill Bead Chain, #6704 (18 Inches)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Zoe and Piper Necklaces</span></li>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005PXDNN8?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B005PXDNN8&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Black Crystal Pave Round Beads Cross Rosary Men Bold Chain Necklace 37"</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
iJewelry2</span><span class="title"><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00533K3J2?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00533K3J2&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Clear Glass Beads Rosary, 6mm Beads, Great for Women, Men or Children</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
CB</span></li>
<li><span class="title"><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00P62HE06?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00P62HE06&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Holy Land Olive Wood Rosary Beads with Holy Water From the Jordan River Madonna and Child Wooden Hand Carved Jewelry Box</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Holy Land Mall </span></li>
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<ul>
<li><span class="title"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1859739954?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1859739954&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning (Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Women)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Lidia D. Sciama</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591746205?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1591746205&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Paper Beads: Turn Simple Strips of Paper into Beautiful Beaded Jewelry (Klutz)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Anne Akers Johnson</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184340012X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=184340012X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Bead Maker: Unique Recipes for Stunning Hand-crafted Beads</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Mary Maguire</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004HCNMGQ?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004HCNMGQ&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Gifts of Faith Milagros Catholic Marble 8mm Bead Rosary Paola Carola Collection Amethyst Purple Color</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Paola Carola Collection</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SR274IY?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00SR274IY&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Islamic Tasbih 99 Wood Beads Muslim Prayer Beads w/ Docorate Tessels - Brown</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
AMNmart</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T5YY666?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00T5YY666&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Muslim Prayer Beads Tasbih 99 Beads Biji Khurma Ajwa Date Palm Seed and Camel Bone Muslim Handmade</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
AMNmart</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009FATVFG?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B009FATVFG&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Tasbih Made From Natural Hematite - 8mm Round Beads - Prayer Beads - zikr Beads Muslim Rosary</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Exotic Beads</li>
<li><span class="title"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BWIKXQA?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00BWIKXQA&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">erdia 108 Wood Beads with a Pendant Japa Mala Bracelet or Necklace (Chinese Knot (Green))</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Merdia</li>
<li> <span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MR9GV2I?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00MR9GV2I&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Handmade Tibetan Elastic String 7mm Lotus Seed 108 Prayer Beads Wrap Bracelet Mala (Om Symbol)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Hinky Imports</li>
<li> <span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U6MP2GO?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00U6MP2GO&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">108 Tibetan Wooden Yoga Meditation Prayer Beads Mala Necklace Wrap Bracelet (Bodhi Tree Leaf)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Mandala Crafts</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DQB7DU0?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00DQB7DU0&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Tibetan Turquoise-Colored Yak Bone Wrist Mala, Prayer Beads</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Hinky Imports</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007PQU534?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B007PQU534&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Rosary Catholic Auto Metalic Car Decal Christian Virgin Mary Religious 4 3/4"</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Needzo Religious Gifts</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00O1X7RSK?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00O1X7RSK&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Jesus Christ Crucifix Cross Unisex Pendant Necklace Fashion Jewelry 18" (Gold)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Rigant</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004ZRM9YE?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004ZRM9YE&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Pray the Rosary Bead by Bead - Formatted to Mimic Rosary Beads</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Mike Hart</li>
<li> <span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T39XA2E?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00T39XA2E&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Keepsake, Jewish, Girl, Star of David Box Bead Bracelet (B133_Medium)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Crystaldreams</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00T39XA2E?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00T39XA2E&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Keepsake, Jewish, Girl, Star of David Box Bead Bracelet (B133_Medium)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Crystaldreams</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XEFECK2?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00XEFECK2&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Jewish Star Dog Tag Dimensions 1.3X2.2X0.1 inches ,Comes with 30" inches beads chain</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Nahbi</li>
<li> <span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592769292?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1592769292&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Linking Your Beads: The Rosary's History, Mysteries, and Prayers</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Patricia Ann Kasten</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1502543885?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1502543885&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Kirtan Sohila - English Translation & Transliteration : Sikh Night Time Prayer: Sikh Prayers</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
God Almighty</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1502836963?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1502836963&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Tasbih Of Fatima Zahra</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Talee</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004Y6LZKU?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004Y6LZKU&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Sandalwood Prayer beads - 8mm-bead Sandal wood Tasbih Prayer Beads Misbaha Subha</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Exotic Beads</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QP6SUW8?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00QP6SUW8&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Muslim Prayer Beads 663-N Haji Tasbih Beads Zaitun (Olive) Wood Hand Made - 99 Beads 10 mm.</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Kayu Zaitun</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1454703164?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1454703164&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Showcase 500 Beaded Jewelry: Photographs of Beautiful Contemporary Beadwork (500 Series)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Ray Hemachandra</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0893906069?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0893906069&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Rosary Reflections</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /><br />
Fr. Chester Wrzaszczak </li>
</ul>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-11915331971457515372015-06-30T13:01:00.000-04:002015-06-30T13:01:05.597-04:00What to Expect When You Visit Places of Worship: Select list of Books, Videos, etc.,
<br />
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<o:p> </o:p><b>A. About Worship Space (Design, infrastructure):</b></div>
Bahai:<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/085398333X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=085398333X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Mirror of the Divine: Art in
the Baha'i World Community</span></a> by Ludwig Tuman</span></li>
</ul>
Buddhism: <br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l22 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0500976929?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0500976929&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Jokhang: Tibet's Most Sacred
Buddhist Temple</span></a> by Gyurme Dorje</span></li>
</ul>
Christianity:<br />
<ul>
<li><h3 style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo3; page-break-after: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span dir="LTR"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good read</span>: </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0983620814?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0983620814&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e47911; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Design: Identifying God's Plan for His Church</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><em><span style="background: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">by
Brian McMillan</span></em></h3>
</li>
<li><h3 style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo3; page-break-after: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="background: white; color: #6a6a6a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">Video: Places of Worship - </span><a href="http://www.surreyplacesofworship.org.uk/virtualvisits/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Mosque, Church and Synagogue</span></a></span></h3>
</li>
</ul>
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<o:p> </o:p>Hinduism:</div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l19 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097163100X?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=097163100X&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Hindu Temples of North America</span></a>
by Mahalingum Kolapen</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l19 level1 lfo4; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">Vide: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqsGoZ7eDDs" target="_blank">Meenakshi Temple Madurai India, Ancient Hindu Architecture</a></span></li>
</ul>
Islam:<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Video: Places of Worship - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLce9i2Ci5w" target="_blank">Virtual tour of a Mosque</a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo5; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0750667966?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0750667966&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Design Criteria for Mosques
and Islamic Centers</span></a> by Akel Kahera</span></li>
</ul>
Jainism:<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo6; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/8172340125?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=8172340125&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Jainism and the temples of
Mount Abu and Ranakpur</span></a> by Lothar Clermont</span></li>
</ul>
Judaism:<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1566993334?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1566993334&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">This House We Build: Lessons
for Healthy Synagogues and the People Who Dwell There</span></a> by
Terry Bookman</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z_gyc7yG_c" target="_blank">What To Expect At A Synagogue</a> </span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo7; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Video: Places of Worship - </span><a href="http://www.surreyplacesofworship.org.uk/virtualvisits/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Mosque, Church and Synagogue</span></a></span></li>
</ul>
Native Spirituality:<br />
<br />
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Good
read:</span> </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984017208?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0984017208&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">24 Patterns of Wisdom: Navigating the
Challenges and Awakenings of the Human Journey</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">by Anthony Lawlor</span> </span></h1>
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Shinto :</div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l18 level1 lfo9; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good
read:</span></span> </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0824837134?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0824837134&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Shinto Shrines: A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's
Ancient Religion</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">by </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Joseph
Cali</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
Sikhism:<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo10; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span dir="LTR"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good
read</span>: </span></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0836826108?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0836826108&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">Sikh Gurdwara (Places of Worship)</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">by
Kanwaljit Kaur-Singh</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo10; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gq_BElBi7Q" target="_blank">Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) - A Brief Tour</a></span></li>
</ul>
<br />
Wiccan/Pagan (Religions/Spirituality:):<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo11; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738705314?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0738705314&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e47911;">The Outer Temple of
Witchcraft: Circles, Spells and Rituals (Penczak Temple Series)</span></a>
by Christopher Penczak</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
Zoroastrianism:<br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo12; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005P8173G?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B005P8173G&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">THE MAKING OF A ZOROASTRIAN
FIRE TEMPLE: A Brief History of Dadysett Atash Behram</span></a><b> </b>by
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">MARZBAN
GIARA</span></li>
</ul>
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<b>B. About Worship Service/prayer, Religious Practices:</b><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;">
Bahai: </div>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo13; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHLI?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHLI&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Bahá'í Faith: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Robert Stockman</span> </li>
</ul>
Buddhism :<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo14; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHLS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHLS&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Buddhism: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Jacob Kinnard</span></li>
</ul>
Christianity:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l21 level1 lfo15; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHMW?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHMW&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Christianity: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Michael McClymond</span></li>
</ul>
Hinduism:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo16; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHSG?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHSG&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Hinduism: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Vasudha Narayanan</span></li>
</ul>
Islam:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo17; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHTK?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHTK&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Islam: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by John Esposito</span></li>
</ul>
Jainism:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo18; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHUE?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHUE&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Jainism: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Sherry Fohr</span> </li>
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Judaism:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l20 level1 lfo19; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHUO?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHUO&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Judaism: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Paul Mendes-Flohr</span></li>
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Native Spirituality:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo20; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"> Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553372637?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0553372637&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Wisdom of the Elders: Sacred
Native Stories of Nature</span></a> by David Suzuki</span></li>
</ul>
Shinto :<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo21; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHVS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHVS&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Shinto: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Gary Ebersole</span></li>
</ul>
Sikhism:<br />
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Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHW2?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHW2&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Sikhism: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Pashaura Singh</span></li>
</ul>
Wiccan/Pagan (Religions/Spirituality):<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo23; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHL8?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHL8&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e47911;">African Traditional Religions:
An entry from Gale's<i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by Jacob Olupona</span> </li>
</ul>
Zoroastrianism:<br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l23 level1 lfo24; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Good read: <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BUBHWM?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B002BUBHWM&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: #996633;">Zoroastrianism: An entry from
Gale's <i>Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices</i></span></a>
by William Darrow</span></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-88824002914602660772015-02-16T15:52:00.000-05:002015-02-16T15:52:37.368-05:00A Positive Story About Muslims and an Example for All of Us<a href="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-02-13-MuslimFreeHospitalSign-thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="2015-02-13-MuslimFreeHospitalSign.jpg" border="0" height="212" src="http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-02-13-MuslimFreeHospitalSign-thumb.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">In 1937 the Muslim Free Hospital was established in Rangon, Burma. It was created by a group of Muslim leaders to care for the poor of Rangoon that had no other access to medical care. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><nobr style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a class="FAtxtL" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-wallace-md-jd/a-positive-story-about-mu_b_6662460.html?ir=Religion&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000051#" id="FALINK_4_0_3" style="background-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(28, 125, 255) !important; border-bottom-style: solid !important; border-width: 0px 0px 1px !important; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b06be0; display: inline !important; font-weight: normal !important; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; vertical-align: baseline;">initial investment</a></nobr><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>came entirely from Muslims. </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">... </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">The Muslim Free Hospital still exists and is still funded by the donations of Muslims of Myanmar. Burma received a name change in 1988 and is now called Myanmar. Rangoon received a name change and is now called Yangon. However, the mission of the Muslim Free Hospital has not changed. Read more, by </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="name fn" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stephen Wallace, M.D., J.D.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #999999; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, FreeSans, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-wallace-md-jd/a-positive-story-about-mu_b_6662460.html">huffingtonpost.com</a></span><br />
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IslamOnline 18/09/2013 YANGON – In a country reeling from recent religious violence, a Muslim free hospital is offering a rare oasis of communal harmony, offering medical service to hundreds of Muslims, Buddhists and former political prisoners.</div>
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“I am a surgeon so my responsibility is to cure suffering patients,” Tin Myo Win, the only Buddhist department head at Yangon’s Muslim Free Hospital, told Agence France Presse (AFP) on Monday, September 16.<a href="http://www.onislam.net/english/news/asia-pacific/464500-muslim-free-hospital-offers-hope-in-burma.html" id="yiv3839932749yui_3_16_0_1_1423871107290_396270" rel="nofollow" style="background: transparent; color: blue; cursor: text !important; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important;" target="_blank">Free Muslim Hospital Offers Hope in Burma</a></div>
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<li><a data-mce-href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/like_fifty_shades_of_grey_youll_love_judaism_20120829" href="http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywoodjew/item/like_fifty_shades_of_grey_youll_love_judaism_20120829">Like ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’? You’ll love Judaism</a></li>
<li><a data-mce-href="http://muslimmatters.org/2014/01/24/fifty-shades-grey-young-muslim-women-looking-love-need-know/" href="http://muslimmatters.org/2014/01/24/fifty-shades-grey-young-muslim-women-looking-love-need-know/">Reality about fifty shades of grey: : WHAT MUSLIM TEENS NEED TO KNOW</a></li>
<li><a data-mce-href="https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/-fifty-shades-of-grey---religious-organization-asks-theaters-to-reject-movie-200529795.html" href="https://ca.movies.yahoo.com/news/-fifty-shades-of-grey---religious-organization-asks-theaters-to-reject-movie-200529795.html">'Fifty Shades of Grey:' Religious Organization Asks Theaters to Reject Movie</a></li>
<li><a data-mce-href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/3-Bold-Reasons-Why-Religious-Group-Hates-Fifty-Shades-Grey-69677.html" href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/3-Bold-Reasons-Why-Religious-Group-Hates-Fifty-Shades-Grey-69677.html">3 Bold Reasons Why This Religious Group Hates Fifty Shades Of Grey</a></li>
<li>Intimacy guide for women counteracts 'Fifty Shades'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a data-mce-href="http://www.christianexaminer.com/article/sex.guide.for.women.counteracts.fifty.shades/48374.htm" href="http://www.christianexaminer.com/article/sex.guide.for.women.counteracts.fifty.shades/48374.htm">Christian Examiner</a></li>
<li><a data-mce-href="http://www.christiandaily.com/article/fifty.shades.of.grey.high.ticket.sales.in.bible.belt.christian.leaders.warn.of.damaging.effects/49813.htm" href="http://www.christiandaily.com/article/fifty.shades.of.grey.high.ticket.sales.in.bible.belt.christian.leaders.warn.of.damaging.effects/49813.htm">'Fifty Shades of Grey:' High Ticket Sales in Bible Belt; Christian Leaders Warn of Damaging Effects</a></li>
<br />M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-84989600597878437072014-09-27T13:13:00.001-04:002014-09-27T13:13:10.147-04:00Toronto's Aga Khan Museum -- Media Monitoring<br />
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<li>Aga Khan Museum: Enlightened Islam Fights Back Against Jihadist Brutality <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2014/10/03/enlightened-islam-fights-back-against-jihadist-brutality-272650.html">Newsweek </a><br />
-- "And the Aga Khan has funded not only the museum but also donated its permanent collection of more than a thousand treasures including .."</li>
<li> Treasures await at new Museum of Islamic Art: Siddiqui <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2014/09/13/treasures_await_at_new_museum_of_islamic_art_siddiqui.html">Toronto Star</a>
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"American museums — such as the Met and the Morgan in New York, the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian in Washington — have significant collections of Islamic arts and manuscripts. So do museums in London, St. Petersburg, Paris and Berlin. But there’s none that exclusively showcases the artistic, intellectual and scientific contributions of Muslim civilizations. For that, you have to go to Muslim lands — museums in Istanbul, Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, Doha, Kuwait and elsewhere. Each offers something unique — Qatar, a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.mia.org.qa/en/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">landmark building</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>by I.M. Pei and a remarkable collection acquired in a short time;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://darmuseum.org.kw/dai/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Kuwait,</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mughal jewelry and rare Qur’ans;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.topkapipalace.com/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #0072bc; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Turkey,</a>the treasures of the Ottoman Empire; Malaysia, a focus on the Far East.</div>
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The Aga Khan’s collection is small, about 1,000 precious items, examples of great artistry on bowls, boxes, bottles, beads, dishes, vases, jars, cabinets, hangings, coins, candle stands, jewelry, musical instruments, etc., in different mediums — ceramics, glass, shells, metal, stone, wood, leather, carpets, textiles and paper."</div>
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PM and Aga Khan open Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum, <a href="http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/2014/09/12/pm_and_aga_khan_open_ismaili_centre_and_the_aga_khan_museum.html">Toronto Star</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2014/09/19/a_timely_testament_to_islam.html">A timely testament to Islam</a>, Editorial, Toronto Star + <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2014/09/19/a_timely_testament_to_islam.html">‘Pluralistic spirit' unites Canada, Aga Khan,:</a>
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Your editorial applauding the opening of the Aga Khan Museum notes that the lush gardens on the 17-acre site are “there for all to enjoy — in a part of the city hardly renowned for grace and beauty.”</div>
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Perhaps your readers would like to be reminded there are six lush city parks within about a one kilometer walk of the Aga Khan. They include E.T. Seton Park, Serena Gundy Park, Wilket Creek Park, Charles Sauriol Conservation Area, Moccasin Trail Park and, of course, the magnificent Edwards Gardens.</div>
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<li> Stephen Harper on hand for Aga Khan museum, <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/stephen-harper-on-hand-for-aga-khan-museum-opening-1.2764535">CBC News</a><blockquote>
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<li>Yet, Stephen Harper would like us to know that he does not hate Muslims and is committed to peace and diversity – after all, both he and notorious Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney were present to launch the new museum and heap praise upon the Aga Khan and the initiative. Why the seeming disconnect? <a href="http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/story/3577">Why We Don't Need an Islamic Art Museum</a>, (Especially not courtesy the Aga Khan and Stephen Harper)
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<li><a href="http://www.hoax-slayer.com/shakira-car-accident-death-malware-email.shtml"><span dir="ltr">Shakira Death Hoax Email Contains Malware</span></a></li>
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<span dir="ltr">How Divorced Parents Lost Their Rights, </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/07/opinion/sunday/how-divorced-parents-lost-their-rights.html?_r=0">www.nytimes.com</a></div>
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<li> <a href="http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/08/portraits-of-the-searchers-examine-western-spiritual-tourism-in-india/">PORTRAITS OF ‘THE SEARCHERS’ EXAMINE WESTERN SPIRITUAL TOURISM IN INDIA</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-cynical-marriage-tips-every-couple-needs-to-learn"><span dir="ltr">5 Cynical Marriage Tips Every Couple Needs to Learn </span> </a>
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/11/divorce-cohabitation-stud_n_4936928.html">New Research Says Living Together Before Marriage Doesn't Lead To Divorce </a> <blockquote>
A new study by associate professor <a href="http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/experts/arielle-kuperberg-ph-d/" target="_hplink">Arielle Kuperberg</a>
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro found that there is
no correlation between cohabiting before marriage and divorce; instead,
what may predict divorce in those who cohabitate before marriage is the
age at which they choose do so.</blockquote>
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<li>Armchair Jihadis, <a href="https://medium.com/sky-news/armchair-jihad-the-data-aff69388c6b0">The Data</a> <blockquote>
<b class="markup--strong markup--p-strong">About a week ago, </b>we approached <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/" href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Recorded Future</a>, a web intelligence company, with an idea: could we quantify the amount of pro-Islamic State activity on social media?<br />
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I
thought Recorded Future (RF) might be able to help: the CIA and Google
have invested in their software, and they’re experts at analysing
open-source intelligence, whether that’s showing <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/al-qaeda-encryption-technology-reaction/" href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/al-qaeda-encryption-technology-reaction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">how Al-Qaeda have updated their communications following the Snowden revelations</a>, or <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" data-href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/buk-sam-mh17-investigation/" href="https://www.recordedfuture.com/buk-sam-mh17-investigation/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">investigating the shooting of MH17</a>.</div>
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<li> "The Jewish Golden Age Under Islam" By David J Wasserstein, September, 2014 <a href="http://www.youngmuslimdigest.com/history/09/2014/muslims-jews/">Young Muslim Digest</a>
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<li> Our emotional relationship with clothes Mireille Silcoff <a href="http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/our-emotional-relationship-with-clothes/">macleans.ca </a>
<li> Spiritual Work and Being a Good Householder
posted by <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/lettinggo/2014/09/spiritual-work-and-being-a-good-householder.html">Guy Finley</a>
<li><a href="http://www.eachmindmatters.org/blog/step-step-prevent-suicide/"> Step Up and Step In to Prevent Suicide</a>
<li> Indian Sikh shrine bans women who dye their hair
-- <a href="http://www.sikh24.com/2014/09/06/sgpc-takes-positive-stance-on-dyed-hair">SGPC takes stance on dyed hair</a>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-81875248509751327912014-08-22T21:34:00.000-04:002014-08-22T21:34:46.726-04:00Dictionary definitions: Interfaith, MultifaithWhat is the <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f6f4ea; color: #493728; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Dictionary definition of the terms:</span><br />
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background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a class="QUERY" href="http://www.macmillandictionary.com/search-thesaurus/british/direct/?q=different" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" title="different">different</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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<li>Sorry, no entries for interfaith<b> <a href="http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=+interfaith&title=21st">Chambers</a> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </span></span></span></b></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">interfaith - adjective -</span></span></span> Relating to or involving different religions or members of different religions: action to encourage interfaith dialogue</span></span></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </span></span></span><a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/interfaith">oxforddictionaries.com</a></b></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">interfaith - adjective \ˌin-tər-ˈfāth\ : involving people of different religions; First Known Use of INTERFAITH </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">:</span></span></span> 1932 -- Seen & Heard</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span> "What made you want to look up interfaith? Please tell us where you read or heard it."</span></span></span><b><a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interfaith"> Merriam-Webster</a></b></li>
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<li><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f6f4ea; color: #493728; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">multi-faith </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f6f4ea; color: #493728; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21.600000381469727px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">:</span></span></span></span></span></span> </span> involving several different religions, a multi-faith approach to religious education (<a href="http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/multi-faith">Macmillan</a>)</li>
<li>multifaith : Involving or characterized by a variety of religions: the multifaith approach aims to develop an attitude of tolerance <a href="http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/multifaith">oxforddictionaries.com</a></li>
<li>Sorry, no entries for interfaith <a href="http://www.chambers.co.uk/search.php?query=+interfaith&title=21st">Chambers</a> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="BASE" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: black; display: inline; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 25.2px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-break: break-all; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> </span></span></span></li>
<li>This word <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">isn't in the dictionary.</span> <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multi-faith">Merriam-Webster</a></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-64691312144689045762014-08-11T15:26:00.003-04:002014-08-11T15:26:58.512-04:00Pirate Bay inmate claims religious persecution: The Missionary Church of Kopimism <blockquote class="tr_bq">
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The Pirate Bay co-founder <a href="http://www.thelocal.se/20140601/pirate-bay-founder-peter-sunde-arrested" style="color: #f57000; text-decoration: none;">was arrested in May</a> after almost two years on the run, and is currently serving an eight-month sentence in Västervik prison following a conviction for copyright offences.</div>
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"The board of spiritual care (NAV) doesn't have any representative for the Kopimist faith with whom they cooperate and therefore the Prison and Probation Service should provide permission for electronic contact with representatives from the Kopimist faith to believers," Sunde wrote in his complaint.</div>
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The Missionary Church of Kopimism was founded by 19-year-old 'Young Pirate' member Isak Gersonin 2010, and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.thelocal.se/20120105/38350" style="color: #f57000; text-decoration: none;">was formally recognized</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as a religious organization by the Swedish government at the third attempt in December 2011. </div>
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The Church derived its name from the online movement "Kopimi" (read as "copyme"), in which users are invited to add a "Kopimi" logo to their website if they are willing to have their information copied by others.</div>
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While the church denies any direct contact with The Pirate Bay, it considers the copying and dissemination of information akin to a religious service, or sacrament. Kopimism furthermore holds the keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste, CTRL+C and CTRL+V, as sacred symbols.<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 21.002241134643555px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.thelocal.se/20140725/pirate-bay-founder-claims-religious-persecution">continue reading</a></b></blockquote>
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<li> <a href="http://kopimistsamfundet.se/english/">Welcome to the missionary church of kopimism</a>:
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In our belief, communication is sacred. Communication needs to be respected. It is a direct sin to monitor and eavesdrop on people.</div>
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The absolute secrecy is holy in the church of kopimism.</div>
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In the individual pastoral care and confession with the kopimist priests (the Ops), priests are protected under Swedish law by an absolute professional secrecy.<br />Copyright Religion is our absolute opposite – Ongoing obstruction of copying.</div>
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We challenge all copyright believers – most of which have a great deal of influence in politics, and who derive their power by limiting people’s lives and freedom. What they most of all want to limit the knowledge. We need to steel ourselves for their hatred and aggression.</div>
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- Copy. download, uplooad!<br />- All knowlegde to all!<br />- Information technology is not to be feathered by laws.</div>
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<ul>
<li> <a href="http://multifaith.blogspot.ca/2012/01/missionary-church-of-kopimismas-in-copy.html">The Missionary Church of Kopimism</a>—as in, "copy-me-ism" - File Sharing Is Now an Official Religion In Sweden</li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5027.1" href="http://www.faceborg.ca/2012/01/light-candle-for-me-at-church-of.html" id="link-1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #6e329d; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Faceborg: Light a Candle for Me at the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><wbr></wbr>Church of Kopimism</a> </li>
<li><a class="yschttl spt" data-bk="5037.1" href="http://kopimistsamfundet.ca/index_main.html" id="link-2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #dd4d31; font-family: 'helvetica neue', helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 17px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Kopimist Constitution (English) - The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><wbr></wbr>Church of Kopimism Canada</a></li>
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M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-86389925361258937362014-06-02T12:23:00.002-04:002014-06-06T23:36:09.726-04:00Jihadi Culture on the World Wide Web -- New on the shelf<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441175628?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1441175628&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20">Jihadi Culture on the World Wide Web</a>, by Gilbert Ramsay <br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">
Review – Jihadi Culture on the World Wide Web, by Anne Stenersen, <br />
"The book starts out with a simple, yet intriguing puzzle: Rather than asking why a few online jihadis eventually turn to violence, Ramsay asks why there are thousands who do not. The answer, he argues, can be found by seeing online jihadism as a subculture with its own practices, rewards, and self-justifications." <a href="http://www.e-ir.info/2014/06/01/review-jihadi-culture-on-the-world-wide-web">continue reading E-International Relations (E-IR) </a> </blockquote>
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<h2>
<span style="font-size: small;">Book Description:</span></h2>
Examines "jihadi" content on the Internet by drawing on both Arabic and English primary source materials. After examining this content as digital media, the work looks at how it is productively consumed by online communities, including how "jihadi" individuals construct themselves online and how jihadism is practiced and represented as an online activity. The work also discusses the consumption of such jihadi media by those who are hostile to radical Islam and the relation between fantasy, pleasure, ideology, and ordinary life.<br />
<br />
This unique survey features case studies, such as the cyberjihadi "Irhabi 007," pro-US and Israeli "patriots" who are often openly Islamophobic, and "Infovlad" --a forum that became the meeting place for radical Islamists and radical freelance "counter terrorists."<br />
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This innovative approach to studying violent content on the Internet is a significant contribution to the literature that will appeal to anyone interested in political violence, terrorism, and political communication. </blockquote>
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<b><u>Contents</u>:</b><br />
Chapter 1: Terror on the Internet?<br />
Chapter 2: Alternative Media, and its Alternatives<br />
Chapter 3: Jihadi Content on the Word Wide Web<br />
Chapter 4: Jihadi Forums in their Own Words<br />
Chapter 5: Disagreeable Disagreements<br />
Chapter 6: Being a Jihadi on the Internet<br />
Chapter 7: Some other ‘Jihadi’ Consumption Cultures: Crusaderism, War Porn, Shock<br />
Chapter 8: Jihadism between Fantasy and Virtuality: A Tentative Conclusion<br />
Glossary of Arabic Terms </blockquote>
On the same shelf:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.aquila-style.com/focus-points/10-years-social-media-changed-islam/66937/">How 10 years of social media has changed Islam</a></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.600000381469727px; text-indent: 2px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/douglas-a-wissing/genie-uncorked-social-med_b_5440160.html">Genie Uncorked: Social Media in the UAE</a></span></li>
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This
volume examines "jihadi" content on the Internet by drawing on both
Arabic and English primary source materials. After examining this
content as digital media, the work looks at how it is productively
consumed by online communities, including how "jihadi" individuals
construct themselves online and how jihadism is practiced and
represented as an online activity. The work also discusses the
consumption of such jihadi media by those who are hostile to radical
Islam and the relation between fantasy, pleasure, ideology, and ordinary
life.<br />
<br />
This unique survey features case studies, such as the
cyberjihadi "Irhabi 007," pro-US and Israeli "patriots" who are often
openly Islamophobic, and "Infovlad" --a forum that became the meeting
place for radical Islamists and radical freelance "counter terrorists." <br />
<br />
This
innovative approach to studying violent content on the Internet is a
significant contribution to the literature that will appeal to anyone
interested in political violence, terrorism, and political
communication. - See more at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/jihadi-culture-on-the-world-wide-web-9781441124395/#sthash.a9q38nxN.dpuf</div>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-10633096175080115602014-04-30T20:03:00.000-04:002014-04-30T20:03:47.364-04:00Beliefnet's How To Social Media Proof Your Marriage; Plus weekly faithwise roundup <ul>
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<li> <a href="http://islaminsocialmedia.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/other-tactics-muslims-are-using-in-social-media/">Other Tactics Muslims are Using in Social Media</a>
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<li> Muslimah Media Watch: Media activism and Muslim choreographies of social change <a href="http://www.iamcr2013dublin.org/content/muslimah-media-watch-media-activism-and-muslim-choreographies-social-change">Journalism</a> October 2013 14: 852-867
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<li><a href="http://www.vitalingus.com/the-sufi-dance-of-social-media/">The Sufi Dance of Social Media</a> </li>
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<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Marybeth Hicks </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008XK505O?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008XK505O&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Evolution of Gods: The Scientific Origin of Divinity and Religions</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Ajay Kansal</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1468001469?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1468001469&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Social Resource - Translating Social Media into Business</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Sharad Gandhi </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1405199946?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1405199946&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> David Coady</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1625340915?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1625340915&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">From the Dance Hall to Facebook: Teen Girls, Mass Media, and Moral Panic in the United States, 1905-2010</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Shayla Thiel-stern</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1592760333?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1592760333&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Brandon Vogt </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G2XLZFS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00G2XLZFS&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Facebook Confessions (Upload A Status)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Ryedel Barnes</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310578744?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0310578744&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Together: Adults and Teenagers Transforming the Church</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Jeff Baxter </li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1602399433?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1602399433&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Facebook Fairytales: Modern-Day Miracles to Inspire the Human Spirit</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Emily Liebert</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934812978?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1934812978&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">The
Parent's Guide to Texting, Facebook, and Social Media: Understanding
the Benefits and Dangers of Parenting in a Digital World</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Shawn Marie Edgington</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802409539?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0802409539&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Unfriend Yourself: Three Days to Detox, Discern, and Decide About Social Media</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Kyle Tennant</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415781450?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0415781450&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Godwired: Religion, Ritual and Virtual Reality (Media, Religion and Culture)</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Rachel Wagner</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1479261890?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1479261890&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Social Media Policy Workbook for Jewish Organizations</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Lisa Colton</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118106245?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1118106245&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">101 Social Media Tactics for Nonprofits: A Field Guide</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Melanie Mathos</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0736924019?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0736924019&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Generation Hex: Understanding the Subtle Dangers of Wicca</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Marla Alupoaicei</li>
<li><span class="title">
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0955606993?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0955606993&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20" target="_blank">Meditation in the Age of Facebook and Twitter - Personal development through social meditation - from shamanism to transhumanism</a>
</span>
<img class="offsite" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" /> Ajit V Jaokar<br /><br />
<u>From the archives:</u>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://multifaith.blogspot.ca/2014/02/anglican-church-issues-9-twitter.html">Anglican Church issues 9 Twitter commandments </a></span></span>
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<li><a href="http://multifaith.blogspot.ca/2011/02/online-religion-and-social-media-church.html">Online religion and social media - The Church of Facebook</a></li>
<li>Digital tools as an aid in spiritual journey by <a href="http://multifaith.blogspot.ca/2014/03/digital-tools-as-aid-in-spiritual.html">STEVE BONESHO</a>
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</ul>
M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-86727414006868536242014-04-22T21:04:00.000-04:002014-04-22T21:37:01.738-04:00‘Satanic’ Craigslist killer; Plus Weekly faithwise roundup<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27581/satanic-craigslist-killer-prophecies-behind-syria-conflict">Miranda Barbour ‘Satanic’ Craigslist killer </a></li>
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<img src="http://www.religiondispatches.org/images/managed/ashram_1398103920_302.jpg" />
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<li> <a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/7773/spiritual_unplugging__or_what_to_do_when_there_is_wifi_at_the_ashram____a_theologies___/?fb_action_ids=10202662540179007&fb_action_types=og.likes" target="_blank">Spiritual Unplugging, Or What to Do When There is Wifi at the Ashram</a> </li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Rapture of the Nerds. <a href="http://time.com/66536/terasem-trascendence-religion-technology/" target="_blank">TIME</a> investigates new religion, Tersasem, that suggest technology looks and acts like a god </span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">These Social Media Nuns Are Winning The Internet <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/12/social-media-nuns-internet_n_5128416.html">www.huffingtonpost.com</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bible League International Thinks Religious Leaders Should Be Using Social Media More<br /><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/1208723/bible-league-international-thinks-religious-leaders-should-be-using-social-media-more/">www.inquisitr.com</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Facebook removes page of preacher using social media to back jihadists<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/17/facebook-removes-page-radical-preacher-jihadists">www.theguardian.com</a> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Using social media to idenitify & resist religious extremism, as FB pulls jihadist preacher page</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Americans wary of futuristic science, tech <a href="http://us.cnn.com/2014/04/17/tech/innovation/future-technology-pew/index.html">www.cnn.com</a> -- </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Report finds Americans wary of futuristic science and technology</span></span></li>
<li><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/3847374079?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=3847374079&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20">Interfaith Dialogue: Charity: A Case for Convergence in the Muslim and Christian Faith Traditions</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><img _src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: auto; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Dennis B. Nickerson</span></span> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JPDJT50?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00JPDJT50&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20">Discipleship and Dialogue: New Frontiers in Interfaith Engagement Essays in Honour of Dr. Israel Selvanayagam</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><img _src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: auto; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Eric J.Lott</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">World's first 'inter-religious' Easter egg created by British restaurant, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2608810/Worlds-inter-religious-Easter-egg-created-British-restaurant.html">Daily Mail</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> China's Exploding Christian Population Still Facing Persecution. <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/376329/chinas-exploding-christian-population-still-facing-persecution-bob-fu">National Review Online</a></span></span>
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<li> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Tant: Extremists pervert their religion <a href="http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2014-04-19/tant-extremists-pervert-their-religion">http://onlineathens.com</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The Nice Girl Trap <a href="http://www.beliefnet.com/Wellness/Galleries/The-Nice-Girl-Trap.aspx">beliefnet.com</a> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Are
you too nice? Do you feel obligated to do and be everything? Do you
feel you can never do enough? If you’re answering “YES!”, you’ve
probably fallen into “the nice girl trap” … here’s how to get out!!</span> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616367571?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1616367571&linkCode=xm2&tag=httpmultifait-20">Silent Compassion: Finding God in Contemplation</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><img _src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/01/associates/network/08-ui-elements/icon-offsite._V192207026_.gif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; border-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: auto; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; max-width: 100%; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;" /> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f2f2f2; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">Richard Rohr O.F.M </span> </span></li>
<li><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Combining Prayer and Meditation <a href="http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art183115.asp">BellaOnline </a></span></span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27542/faith-healing-death-sentenced">Faith healers sentenced to prison; abusive church continues</a></span></span>
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<li> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27531/lawmaker-seeks-remove-christian-scientists-religious-exemption">Lawmaker seeks to remove Christian Scientists’ religious exemption</a></span></span>
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<li> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27529/faith-healing-restrictions-followers-of-christ">Idaho’s faith healing exemption targeted following child deaths</a></span></span></li>
<li> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27526/aum-shinrikyo-cult-member-trial">AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult member on trial</a></span></span></li>
<li> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27516/flds-cults-ranch-seized">FLDS cult’s ranch to be seized</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.religionnewsblog.com/27499/trappist-beer">Orval Brewery needs more Trappist monks; US gets first Trappist Beer</a></span></span>
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<br />M Taherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05230356608624560148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25919991.post-44634493131703245002014-04-17T00:43:00.003-04:002014-06-23T13:01:27.070-04:00Five Ways the Internet Has Been Trying to Kill Religion, Plus Weekly faithwise roundup<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/guest_bloggers/7778/5_ways_the_internet_has_been_trying_to_kill_religion/">5 Ways the Internet Has Been Trying to Kill Religion</a> <blockquote>
1. Bad proofs that God exists
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2. Bad proofs that God does exist that are supposed to be good
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3. Search-engine cop-out
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4. Download your brain to a computer
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5. Play a game instead
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<li><a href="http://www.vox.com/2014/4/15/5617068/a-surprising-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-religiously-diverse" target="_blank">A surprising map of the world's most and least religiously diverse countries</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #f8f9f9; color: #6f96a8; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Alright Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: 22.500045776367188px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"> by Max Fisher ! FOLLOW VOX!<span style="color: #4c4e4d;"><span style="font-family: Harriet, serif;"> </span></span></span></li>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgQtlI3OSOGPMvjrorAv8_YO6AMOzDUzco10kmCFgoaDTmkzFiYhiQoUn6W5UsIHeFpfFSf-X6h95oYVYFkpSw-ttt3PP2Nf1rqV6euRBJQpWXtpY-AfC0EVvHUXFWe6XUa5nOQ_wBKwEwO3fCj-gvA_QvF7cJQHiW69pGdWECG0aMy2cFLpc3kqhYotHXv7VJvt2muYQ=" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/31658905/175773506.0_standard_755.0.jpg" height="133" width="200" /></a>The US is not as diverse as you might think; East Asia is the world's most religiously diverse region; Africa has lots of diversity along the Christian-Muslim divide; The Middle East is extremely homogenous — with key exceptions</blockquote>
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<li> Mike Ghouse <a href="http://123parades.com/mike-ghouse-a-muslim-pluralist-celebrates-easter-2014/">A Muslim Pluralist Celebrates Easter 2014</a></li>
<li> Fostering social compassion at Easter and beyond
<a href="http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/04/17/fostering-social-compassion-easter-and-beyond.html" target="_blank">Jakarta Post</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://sikhsangat.org/2014/kirpans-to-be-accommodated-at-canadian-missions-around-the-world/">Kirpans to be Accommodated at Canadian Missions Around the World</a>, Source: Info@WorldSikh.Org </li>
<li> Humor: <a href="http://www.faithit.com/the-problem-with-being-an-atheist-today">This Guy Proves It’s Crazy to Be Atheist With One Simple and Hilarious Question</a> : Christian comedian Brad Stine pokes fun at one of the most widely heard defenses against belief in God … and totally kills it! </li>
<li> Exploring Interreligious Relations & Interfaith Culture : Editorial
Taking on Religion’s Shadow Side by Paul Chaffee, <a href="http://www.uri.org/cooperation_circles/detail/tio" target="_blank">The Interfaith Observer (TIO)</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.knoxville.com/news/2014/apr/15/hollywood-tries-to-win-christians-faith/">Hollywood tries to win Christians' faith</a></li>
<li>Meet God, the Kremlin and Tilda Swinton, Some of the funniest parody accounts on the internet <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27926410">BBC </a>
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