April 10, 2009
The campus community is home to a wide variety of faith traditions. Here's an inside look at a few.
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Baha'i: Small group works for 'unity of mankind'
April 10, 2009
On a quiet Sunday afternoon in Baha'i youth education, retired Tech professor Cosby Rogers is calmly encouraging five-year-old Amelia Lester to offer her interpretation of the day's Baha'i prayer. After several false starts, Amelia sings: "Oh my Lord, oh
Hindu: Tradition points to tolerance for other faiths
April 10, 2009
If any examination of American religions writ large (or Virginia Tech's religions writ small) it would be easy, though a serious oversight, to look over the Eastern traditions that inform the worldviews of many international students.
Belief: Dealing with evangelical upbringing through research
April 10, 2009
I grew up in a very conservative home, evangelical charismatic, my mother, father and sister. Growing up speaking in tongues was expected of me if I was a spiritually healthy practitioner of our faith. We were also very politically conservative - my paren
'He plays by his own rules': Belief in the face of uncertainty
April 10, 2009
I think I can say I get it. Christians seem bent on taking a happy marshmallow-Peeps-filled Sunday and instead making it about some grisly execution 2,000 years ago. I think I get the confusion of those outside the church because for the bulk of my life I
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