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NONFICTION: 'Syzygy, Beauty' An unusual book-length essay written in short bursts of prose. www.startribune.com
When Religious Leaders Lose Their Faith Teresa MacBain was pastor of a United Methodist church. In March, she made a confession: She is now an atheist. MacBain, NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty and Jerry DeWitt, executive director of Recovering from Religion talk about how losing faith changes lives and communities. www.npr.org
Carl Jung: regaining religion Carl Jung's exploration of the psyche took him deep into the world of religion, myth and the occult. The founder of depth psychology, Jung said that his patients suffered from a lack of what religion used to give people, but lost, and that healing would come from a direct experience of the Divine... And the Art Gallery of NSW exhibition on Australian Symbolism delves into the art of dreams. Read ... www.abc.net.au
Pope orders German Catholics to make the 'for many' change The struggles German Catholics are having with changes in the eucharistic prayer will be familiar for U.S. Catholics whose Mass language changed in 2011. In 2013, Germans who are used to praying that Jesus died für alle (for all) will be praying that Jesus died für viele (for many). ncronline.org
Review: Wodensthrone, 'Curse' For a black-metal neophyte's palate, this is an excellent album. For those who have been with the band for a while, it's a virtually unrecognizable reinvention. by Brad Sanders WodensthroneCurseCandlelight Records Jumping from the tiny Bindrune Records to the only relatively less tiny Candlelight hardly seems like cause to denounce Wodensthrone, but that's black metal for you. A sizable portion ... www.nuvo.net
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