Monday, November 2, 2009

Religion meets germs

If you followed my series on religion last week, and you've been researching for Nov-Dec, you're in for a treat.

Faith is about an individual's personal relationship to God, but worship is a contact sport. Since before the dawn of history people have been gathering for religious rituals, to pray and to praise together -- and for just as long they have been spreading disease through their interactions. Hence the growing alarm among religious leaders and congregants alike over the possibility of a swine flu epidemic. It is a concern that runs across national and religious boundaries. More...

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