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October 29, 2004: Ramadan Fasting
As Muslims around the world observe the holy month of Ramadan until mid-November, we wondered what it is like to fast during daylight hours for a month -- eating and drinking nothing, not even water. We spent a day with Imam Yahya Hendi, the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University in Washington and also the leader of the Islamic Society of Frederick, Maryland.
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January 16, 2004: John Lewis Extended Interview
Read more of Kim Lawton's interview with Rep. John Lewis about religion and the civil rights movement.
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October 24, 2003: Devotion to Kali
This weekend, Hindus around the world celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. For some Hindus, Diwali coincides with a special worship service for the powerful goddess Kali, who represents opposites such as life and death, creation and destruction.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...BELIEF & PRACTICE . Jewish High Holidays
We talked with Rabbi Alan Lew of Congregation Beth Shalom in San Francisco, who has written about the High Holidays in his new book, THIS IS REAL AND YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNPREPARED.
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September 19, 2003: Thich Nhat Hanh
In the U.S. and Europe, the other best-known Buddhist leader, besides the Dalai Lama, is the renowned Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. He, too, has been on a U.S. tour, ended this past week -- promoting his latest of more than 75 books, Creating True Peace.
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September 19, 2003: Extended Interview Thich Nhat Hanh
Read more of Bob Abernethy's interview with Thich Naht Hanh.
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A profile of a man who knows a great deal about poetry and a great deal about funerals. He is Thomas Lynch, writer and mortician, and each of his vocations enriches the other.
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May 4, 2001: Thomas Lynch Extended Interview
Read more of Bob Abernethy's interview with author and funeral director Thomas Lynch, followed by an excerpt from his book THE UNDERTAKING: LIFE STUDIES FROM THE DISMAL TRADE.
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