Religion is for Lovers http://ow.ly/NBvS305JxNl

It is not often that I read a book that makes me sit up and say, “Wow.” Especially to read a book by an academic who is a philosopher and theologian. But that is what happened when I read John Caputo’s book yesterday, On Religion: Thinking in Action. It gripped me like nothing I’ve come across recently.

Re-boot your life with Religion http://ow.ly/wuYz305Ao55

This week around Australia the ABC has been hosting conversations about Rebooting your life, and of course throughout human history one of the central elements in any form of reboot has been religion, from meditation to pilgrimage, from confession to conversion, the Religious Way has been the dominant way, until perhaps a hundred years ago and the innovations of Dr’s Adler, Jung and Freud.

Vatican announces new guidelines for cremation http://ow.ly/B66u305AnXY

WEEK IN RELIGIONThe Roman Catholic church has allowed its followers to be cremated since 1963 under certain circumstances, but the Vatican recently issued

Religion Through a Lens: Magnum Photographer Abbas on Hinduism http://ow.ly/rjFu305t84v

Abbas talks to Newsweek about his latest book, 'Gods I've Seen: Travels Among Hindus.'

Pope canonises seven saints who ‘fought the good fight of faith’ @Religion

Francis celebrated a canonisation Mass in St Peter's Square on Sunday

Finding passion in the religion of Russia @Religion

The Orthodox Christian church and the various ways in which Russia has been governed were deeply intertwined. The tzars, from 1400 on, claimed a divine right to rule and were crowned in cathedrals. They built new churches, usually dedicated to the Virgin Mary, when great battles were won, such as that against Napoleon and the French invaders in 181