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Bio - Senay Özdemir
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Reviews The Wax Club. 350;enay Özdemir is a Dutch-Turkish journalist and women's rights advocate. She has published op-eds in newspapers around the world on topics ranging from feminist politics to virginity among older brides. In Europe, she's a familiar face on television and magazines. 350;enay Özdemir received the ASN Bank Media Prize and later that year SEN was elected “Best New Magazine of 2004” by the leading Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. The New York Times. And Austin American Statesman. The Wax...
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Pew’s world religions predictions boiled down to an easy six-pack in RD | The Grand Scheme
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A religion writer's views on faith and ethics. Pew’s world religions predictions boiled down to an easy six-pack in RD. April 24, 2015. Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center released a major global religion report. Projecting growth and shifts among believers in the decades to come. I’ve yet to give it a thorough read, so I appreciated Tim King’s takeaway in Religion Dispatches. He explores the China factor and the often misunderstood term “unaffiliated.”. The Pew report backs this up, noting that,...
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Campaign seeks to shed light on persecuted Baha’is | The Grand Scheme
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A religion writer's views on faith and ethics. Campaign seeks to shed light on persecuted Baha’is. March 11, 2015. Iran makes the headlines every day. But in all those stories you’ve read in the newspaper or seen on TV, have you heard any mention of the country’s religious minority — the Baha’is? I’m guessing not. On March 2, the Baha’i student group at UT organized a screening of Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari. The international campaign Education Is Not a Crime. A campaign is sorely needed&#...
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Columns | The Grand Scheme
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A religion writer's views on faith and ethics. Bob Jensen, UT professor, leftist, Christian. Senay Ozdemir, journalist/author, feminist, Muslim. Christa Brown, survivor, writer, activist. Keith Miller, author, speaker, optimist. The Episcopal Church, sexuality and recognizing one’s place in the world. Kerry Baker, rabbi, adventurer, mensch. Robert Wright, author, skeptic, seeker. Small churches, lean, outwardly focused, unattached. Jordana Raiskin, Bu-Jew, therapist, mother. The Very Unholy Christmas Wars.
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Prophets of Inclusion: Three Austin pastors and their struggle for LGBT equality | The Grand Scheme
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A religion writer's views on faith and ethics. Prophets of Inclusion: Three Austin pastors and their struggle for LGBT equality. July 12, 2015. When I sat down recently with three Austin ministers the Revs. Sid Hall, Larry Bethune and Jim Rigby to discuss their experiences as early LGBT allies in the church, I was surprised to learn how much they struggled personally and spiritually. Why would that be surprising? Why didn’t I pick up on that when I covered them on the religion beat back in the day? But i...
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Pew’s American religions survey draws mixed response from Christians | The Grand Scheme
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A religion writer's views on faith and ethics. Pew’s American religions survey draws mixed response from Christians. May 12, 2015. Boy, it’s been fascinating to read some of the Christian reactions to the Pew Research Center’s latest survey. Well, according to Pew, it’s the mainline Protestants (Methodists, Presbyterians, etc.) and Catholics. Evangelicals, apparently, are holding their own. Here’s a sampling of responses to the survey:. The church isn’t the problem, this Catholic blogger. By researcher M...
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