Seeking spirituality outside of churches (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
With the late afternoon sun still shining, a dozen people from across Memphis ducked into a dark pub for cold drafts and a generous helping of God and religion.
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Cognitive science major no longer an option (Central Michigan Life)
The university has discontinued the interdisciplinary cognitive science major program consisting of the computer science, philosophy and psychology departments. “The program started in the early ’90s, but lack of interest led it to only graduate very few people every few years,” said computer science associate professor Thomas Ahlswede.
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Will ‘Sarah of Alaska’ help crown GOP’s dauphin? (Middle East Online)
A presumed schism among evangelicals on doctrinal focus was more wishful thinking than fact for US Democrats who seem unable to understand that a basic tenet of Christian fundamentalism is intolerance for others’ beliefs, or lack of beliefs, says Ben Tanosborn .
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"ANATHEM" (New York Post)
Neal Stephenson is not only among our best novelists, but among the most unusual. His first big-seller was “Snow Crash,” a musing about virtual realities intruding into the real world. “Cryptonomicon,” an intricate tale of codebreaking in World War…
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New Deepak Chopra book praises the simple power of laughter (Detroit Free Press)
Deepak Chopra, called “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century” by Time magazine, was born in India and moved to the United States in 1970 to practice medicine. He soon developed a philosophy of wellness that focuses on the mind, body and spirit.
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Aga Khan’s visit to Syria witnesses signing agreement between AKDN and Syrian Government (AME Info)
His Highness the Aga Khan completed a six-day official visit to Syria from 24 to 30 August, at the invitation of the Syrian Government.
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Chattanooga: Yellow Deli draws interest, worries some (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Michael Mosteller doesn’t know what the strangers said on the day he began to lose his daughter.
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Religious conversions often take time and work (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
Kevin Young said he intended to raise his son in his wife Lisa’s religion, Judaism, but never planned to join it himself.
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Book tackles some big ideas about football (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
NONFICTION Football season is here, and all of us armchair quarterbacks and tailgaters would do all right to arm ourselves with a different kind of playbook this year. Whether nestled between stacks of hot dogs and a cooler in a stadium parking lot or competing for space with the chips and folded sports section in our favorite recliner, “Football and Philosophy: Going Deep” runs past double …
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A true original, Kowalski molded during Golden Age (The Post and Courier)
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost It takes a different breed to become a professional wrestler. But one could hardly imagine Killer Kowalski as anything but.
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