The Associated Press: Study: Peers, not profs, influence student views

A study finds that, while college faculty tend to be more liberal than the general population, college students' political beliefs are more strongly influenced by their peers than by their teachers. Intuitively this makes a lot o...

A group of professors tries to mount a defense of Bill Ayers (from Inside Higher Ed)

I wonder if these idiots realize that this is going to hurt their presumptive candidate (Obama) way more than it could possibly help him. Right, another pack of pointy-headed arugula-eaters getting together to silence criticism o...

Mark Oppenheimer, "Knowing Not [review of Prothero, Religious Literacy]," NYT Book Review (June 10, 2007)

Interesting, mostly positive, but critical review. Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2007%2F06%2F10%2Fbooks%2Freview%2FOppenheimer-t.html%3F_r%3D2%26em%26ex%3D1181707200%26en%3D9c928a0a...

Stephen Prothero appears on Tavis Smiley, April 7, 2007 (video archive)

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Stephen Prothero | The Daily Show | Comedy Central (March 19, 2007)

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Stephen Prothero (personal site)

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Lisa Miller, "The Gospel of Prothero: Are Americans Ignorant About Religion?," Newsweek (2007)

Not sure of the actual date.

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Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals

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The Manga Bible

A highly abridged, manga-ized version of the Bible. The "Downloads" tab includes a PDF with three full-page spreads.

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Companies Sell 'Holy Water' | Newsweek BeliefWatch: Lisa Miller | Newsweek.com

Religion-themed bottled water. Spiritual Water, the company that makes the products in the photo, sells them under ten different Christian-themed labels. Other companies use Hindu themes. Some religious leaders have objected to t...