Religion: Guide to the latest information -- Statistics Canada

• Religion: Guide to the latest information
• Interreligious unions on the rise
• Religion Reference Guide, National Household Survey, 2011
• 2011 National Household Survey: Data tables | Religion
• 2011 National Household Survey: Tabulations - Census
• CIP 2011- Classification structure - 39. - Theology and religious

On the same shelf:

• Census of Canada: 1861. Origins and Religions
  Canada. Board Of Registration And Statistics
• The South Asian Religious Diaspora in Britain, Canada, and the United States (SUNY Series in Religious Studies)
  Harold G. Coward
• The Sikhs in Canada: Migration, Race, Class, and Gender
  Gurcharn S. Basran
• Canadian abortion statistics greatly underestimated.(CANADA): An article from: Catholic Insight
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• Religion & Canadian Society: Contexts, Identities & Strategies
  Lori G. Beaman
• Child poverty stats scandalous, says moderator.(Canadian news): An article from: Presbyterian Record
  Amy MacLachlan
• Patterns of ethnic identification and the 'Canadian' response.(Statistical Data Included): An article from: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
  Ravi Pendakur
• The many faces of war: as the nature of conflict changes, traditional definitions of warfare fall short.(Project Ploughshares, ecumenical agency under ... An article from: Ploughshares Monitor
  Ernie Regeh
• Religious Cultures of the World: A Statistical Reference (Cross-Cultural Statistical Encyclopedia of the World)
  Philip Parker
• Spiritual, but not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America
  Robert C. Fuller
• The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography
  Todd M. Johnson
• The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: and Other Writings (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
  Max Weber
• Handbook of Psychotherapy and Religious Diversity
  P. Scott Richards
• Douglas Todd: The forces for and against mixed marriage

I say religion, you say...The Canadian Press

The Canadian Press I say religion, you say...8 May, 2013

The Canadian Press hit the streets to learn what religion means to Toronto residents. Find out if their answers match the latest Statistics Canada survey, which shows almost one in four Canadians are turning away from organized religion.

Quality of Life -- Spiritual Thoughts Re-Visited

"Spiritual well-being is considered by some to be the most significant dimension of quality of life, and may also be the least well understood. Until recently, the concept of spirituality was considered to be faith-based or religious in nature. Although religion may well be a part of the spiritual dimension of quality of life, there are many other aspects of this dimension to be considered. Spiritual well-being encompasses uncertainty, religiosity, the meaning of illness and suffering, the purpose of life, transcendence (lying beyond the limits of ordinary experience) and hopefulness. It is not difficult to see how a diagnosis of cancer can lead to self-doubt and conflict with one's beliefs. In contrast, some will find meaning and solace through reliance on their strong spiritual foundation." continue reading: From the desk of the Laura Hilderley, R.N., M.S., Member, Rhode Island Cancer Council, Inc. December 2001 Quality of Life

Googlization Revisited: faith-based Updates

• CATHOOGLE - CATHOLIC SEARCH ENGINE powered by Google - The Catholic Search Engine
• ISLAMIC GOOGLE - Islamic Search Engine powered by Google -
[info courtesy: Mohammed Ibrahim]
• Müslümanoogle


• USE Blessle  Make this your home page instead of Google - it gives an ayah from the Holy Qur'an in Arabic and English every day, then you can still search Google.
• jgog @ When Religion Meets New Media / Jewgle / jewishgoogle.com
• Can BuddhaGoogle Be Far Behind? I Surely Hope So!

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LAW OF ATTRACTION -- Faith-based Resources

Sunday: holy day &/or holiday

Books explore the evolution of Sunday
From Sabbatarianism to shopping - and why there's no such thing as a Wednesday driver Today it floats between its religious past and its secular present.
Nov 23, 2008
Comments on this story (14) Ryan Bigge Special to the Toronto Star

"Journalistic ethics demand that I make clear my lack of objectivity when it comes to the day of the week known as Sunday. This essay about Sunday is, after all, being published on a Sunday, and should not be considered unbiased. In my defence, the publication of two recent books on the topic (The Peculiar Life of Sundays by scholar Stephen Miller and Sunday: A History of the First Day From Babylonia to the Super Bowl by Brigham Young University history professor Craig Harline) suggest I am not alone in my affinity for, and fascination with, the first day of the week.
While the trend of single-topic books like Salt or Cod is finally abating, thanks in part to Henry Petroski's 400-plus-page ode to the toothpick, published last year, Sunday's right to sustained examination is inarguable. (Whether it requires 750 pages spread across two books is a separate debate.) To put it another way, a book-length examination of any other day would be unthinkable. We might prefer Friday to Sunday, but only Sunday, with its mix of history, culture, religion, politics and emotion, could generate 750 pages of discussion." continue reading

RELIGIONS AND IDEOLOGIES ON TOYS ~~ With Malice towards None

The following is by Phils Phun

Capitalism: He who dies with the most toys, wins.
Hari Krishna: He who plays with the most toys wins.
Judaism: He who buys toys at the lowest price wins.
Catholicism: He who denies himself the most toys wins.
Anglicanism: They were our toys first.
Greek Orthodox: No, they were OURS first.
Branch Davidians: He who dies playing with the biggest toys wins.
Atheism: There is no toy maker.
Objectivism: Toys are Toys.
Islam: You must force the world to play with this exact toy, other toys are forbidden. Polytheism: There are many toy makers.
Evolutionism: The toys made themselves.
Socialism: You will have toys eventually.
Taoism: The doll is as important as the dumptruck.
Mormonism: Every boy may have as many toys as he wants.
Fascism: We have ways of making you play with your toys.
Libertarianism: You can do anything you like with your toys as long as its consensual.
New Labour: We have firm evidence that masses of toys do exist somewhere.
Voodoo: Let me borrow that doll for a second...
Jehovah's Witnesses: He who places the most toys door to door wins.
Pentecostalism: He whose toys can talk wins.
Existentialism: Toys are a figment of your imagination.
Confucianism: Once a toy is dipped in water, it is no longer dry.
Buddhism: What is the sound of one toy playing with itself?

Ethical Fashion Re-visited ~~ The Drapers Interview: Safia Minney

How ethical is your fashion?
By Madeleine Holt, BBC News

The dilemma of ethical clothing at Primark
As Primark sacks three of its suppliers, is saying 'it's a complex issue' still a defence for our addiction to cheap clothes?... More

The People Tree founder recognises that ethical fashion must have trend credentials as well as principles to truly win over UK shoppers, and with its design-led collections she is determined that her brand will lead the way. Continue reading the The Drapers Interview

Other leads:

• Dissolving clothes @ ETHICAL FASHION ++ Ethical, Organic, Sustainable
• Ethical Fashion – The Devil Does Not Wear Primark
• 5 ethical alternatives to Primark
• The Ethical Fashion Good News Stories

To Offer Your Heart

According to Sharon Salzberg, faith is not a set of beliefs, but the act of opening our hearts to the unknown.

Sharon Salzberg has been practicing and studying Buddhism for more than 30 years. A renowned spiritual leader and meditation instructor, she is the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society and the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies. The message in her latest book, "Faith," offers insight to practitioners of any religious tradition.

In an interview with Belief Net, Sharon answers the question "What does faith mean to you?" this way:

Faith means several different things to me. It means having the courage to go forward into the unknown. I think we spend so much of our lives trying to pretend that we know what's going to happen next. In fact we don't. To recognize that we don't know even what will happen this afternoon and yet having the courage to move forward--that's one meaning of faith. continue reading "Sharon Salzberg on Faith" @ Faith Commons