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Is forgiveness the bridge between science and religion? Scientific evidence is mounting that forgiveness isn't simply an abstract virtue or a warm-and-fuzzy theological idea. It's practical.

The 2002 annual Spirituality & Healing in Medicine conference convened in Boston in December. Two new sponsors—The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health—joined with Harvard Medical School and the Mind/Body Medical Institute to support this year's event.

This time Canyon Road greeted us with a few surprises. Biting cold, rather than the dry summertime breezes typical of the New Mexican high country.

Have you ever thought, "I'll be happy when .

My wife Judy and I were eager to visit Bosnia, where our son is studying the return of displaced peoples, to meet his friends and a particular Bosnian family that has been so kind to him. And, too, we wanted to understand better what had brought this beautiful country to war, setting Catholics, Serbian Orthodox, and Muslims against each other.

"The United Nations says there is a significant rise in religious extremism and intolerance throughout the world. 'No religion is free from extremism,' declares Abdelfattah Amor, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Religious Intolerance.

It Seems Reasonable that when you want a yard of fabric, it's good to know what a yard is. By the same token, when you want to understand religious fundamentalism and extremism, it's good to know what religion is.

Since September 11, 2001 , the world has been hearing a lot about Islamic fundamentalism. Yet fundamentalism itself is a general term that applies to more than just an extreme part of the world of Islam.

For many years, Indonesia was under Dutch rule, and among the Dutch settlers was Carl Winkel , who presently lives in the United States. He was living in Jakarta at the time of Indonesian independence.

Talk to Indonesian Christian Scientists about The Herald of Christian Science, and sooner or later, Adele Blok's name will come up. Perhaps more than any other single person, she brought the study of Christian Science to Indonesians, specifically.