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How To Talk About Religion, James Boyd White Jul 2001

How To Talk About Religion, James Boyd White

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

It is of enormous importance to learn to talk about religion well, if only for the obvious political and practical reason that religious divisions, both within nations and among them, are olten intractable and bitter, and mutual understanding very difficult to attain


Those Were The Days! A Short History Of The East Asian Libraries Cooperative World Wide Web, Maureen Donovan Jun 2001

Those Were The Days! A Short History Of The East Asian Libraries Cooperative World Wide Web, Maureen Donovan

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.


Trends. Spinning Buddhas, Ibpp Editor Mar 2001

Trends. Spinning Buddhas, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the March 2001 destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan by the Taliban.


Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor Mar 2001

Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The New York Times has reported that at least some Taliban authorities have directed that all statues in Afghanistan--including those commonly viewed as priceless exemplars of cultural (largely Buddhist) heritage and as treasures--be destroyed. The Taliban's rationale--that these statues have been used as idols and deities by non-Islamic believers and may be turned into idols in the future--is largely discussed in the context of leading to a global cultural catastrophe, as an unacceptable decision, as gratuitous vandalism, as exemplifying a rigid ignorance deserving unique contempt and disgust.


About Our Contributors, P L. Gross, S. I. Shapiro Jan 2001

About Our Contributors, P L. Gross, S. I. Shapiro

International Journal of Transpersonal Studies

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