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• Rick Warren | One of Time's "People Who Mattered 2004" (Time)
  
  

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Spirituality:

• A taste of heaven | What folks believe about the afterlife (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Religious landscape diversifies in Switzerland | The religious landscape has changed in Switzerland, with the Catholic and Protestant Churches emerging as the biggest losers (Swissinfo / Neue Zürcher Zeitung AG, Switzerland)
  
  
• We are all pagans now | Paganism is one of our fastest-growing religions. Mary Wakefield talks to a druid and finds out why witchcraft appeals to 21st-century Britain (The Spectator, U.K.)
  
  
• Bishop cautions on devil worship | Devil worship is rampant in the country and had a hand in many mishaps, Bishop Arthur Gitonga of Redeemed Gospel Churches said yesterday (The East African Standard, Kenya)
  
  
• Cold snap may have turned the heat on Europe's witches | Research into European witch trials has identified a chilling reason for the persecution of an estimated 1m women (The Times, London)
  
  
• How great thou aren't | Whatever happened to inspiring spirituality via awesome grandeur (Elizabeth Farrelly, The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  
• Give the ultimate gift and save a Christian led into temptation | A 40-day blueprint for spiritual living, an Australian colloquial version of the Bible and a fluoro wristband reminder for teenagers have topped the Christian Christmas wish list (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  

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Religion in 2004:

• The politics of religion | Belief systems clashed often in courtrooms, voting booths and even churches in 2004 (Mary Adamski, Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
  
  
• The spirit moved us | There was a lot of God, and plenty of decent music, around in 2004 (The Sydney Morning Herald)
  
  

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More articles of interest:

• A candle that smells like Jesus | The candle representing the smell of Jesus Christ is the brainstorm of Bob and Karen Tosterud (WCCO, Minneapolis)
  
  
• Is there censorship? | The definition of the C-word has loosened so much that the word has become nearly devoid of meaning (Rachel Donadio, The New York Times Book Review)
  
  
• Meta-humbled | You know that certain modesty you're supposed to show when you've just triumphed? (Christopher Caldwell, The New York Times)
  
  
• Scrooged | Are New Englanders as cheap as the Generosity Index makes us out to be? (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• It's now a question of wisdom | Humanity needs to be kept on track by balance. This is a view that has to be heard (Martin Flanagan, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)
  
  
• Travelers keeping the faith | For many, prayers follow the packing (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Is Marcavage nuts, or is it all a shell game? | Michael Marcavage wasn't hard to recognize when I met him for lunch Friday. He was the one in the "Repent America" cap (Gil Spencer, Delco Times, Pa.)
  
  
• God isn't a stranger in the suburbs | Believe it or not, God is back in fashion (Anne Henderson, The Weekend Australian)
  
  
• Bishop blasts Sunday shops | The Bishop of Manchester has spoken out against shops opening on Sundays after his diocese was named the most Godless in the country (ManchesterOnline, England)
  
  

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