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Religion in Environmentalism

In the dis­cus­sion sur­round­ing my pop­u­lar post Reli­gion vs. Gen­der Equal­ity & Fem­i­nism, there was a ref­er­ence to reli­gion and envi­ron­men­tal­ism. As if on cue, the Pope has now said:
“Is it not true that incon­sid­er­ate use of cre­ation begins where God is mar­gin­al­ized or also where his exis­tence is denied? If the human creature’s rela­tion­ship …

September 2, 2009 – 8:42 PM | By Mahendra | Posted in nature, religion | Tagged , , , | Comments (8)

Religion vs. Gender Equality & Feminism

How do reli­gions treat women? How do eman­ci­pated women treat reli­gion? A sequence of events recently has made my mind unquiet over this sub­ject. Nita asked if Hin­duism was com­ing of age, with peo­ple per­form­ing the sacred ‘thread cer­e­mony’ on their daugh­ters. The BJP found itself trapped in the maze of con­fu­sion sur­round­ing Hin­dutva. And …

June 24, 2009 – 8:14 PM | By Mahendra | Posted in India, culture, philosophy, religion, society, women | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (89)

Religion vs. Atheism in Parenting

A few weeks back, I read Richard Dawkins in The God Delu­sion say:
I want us to flinch when we hear of a ‘Chris­t­ian child’ or a ‘Mus­lim child’. Small chil­dren are too young to know their views on life, ethics and the cos­mos. We should no more speak of a Chris­t­ian child than of a …

October 8, 2007 – 5:25 PM | By Mahendra | Posted in Humor, Personal, children, parenting, philosophy, religion, society | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (43)