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• A Survey of Radical Faeries in Asheville, North Carolina - www.warren-wilson.edu/~religion/newifo/religions/alternative/index/faeries/essay1.shtml
     "The Radical Faeries are a movement which exists to find, reconnect, strengthen, and illuminate the queer spirituality that we (as gay men and women) have inherited from the numerous and expansive gay subcultures throughout known history. Radical Faeries focus on spirituality as it relates to inherent homosexual experience and identity. I know of no other group or faith to hold this ever-present ideology of sexuality and spirituality."


• Asheville Jewish Community Center - www.jcc-asheville.org/
     The Asheville Jewish community center will provide opportunities for everyone in Western North Carolina to connect to Jewish life and culture.


• Atheism among Conservatives - http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/01/10-questions-for-heather-mac-donald.php
     Heather Mac Donald has gone out on a limb by "coming out" as an atheist in politically conservative circles.


• Bishop Gene Robinson's Comments - www.inchatatime.blogspot.com/2007/10/open-letter-to-lgbt-community-from.html
     These are Bishop Gene Robinson's remarks following the Episcopal House of Bishops meetings in New Orleans and its response to the Anglican Communion


• Campaign for Real Beauty - www.campaignforrealbeauty.ca
     We developed the Dove Self-Esteem Fund to make real change in the way women and young girls perceive and embrace beauty. We want to help free ourselves and the next generation from beauty stereotypes.


• Jubilee! Community - www.jubileecommunity.org/index.htm
      Jubilee! is a vital and creative community of faith that welcomes all people. We offer an inclusive, joyful, loving, and supportive environment for all those who choose to join us. At our Sunday Celebrations we express our faith through music, dance, poetry, evocative messages, and fellowship at our spiritual home on Wall Street in downtown Asheville, NC. And we also express it by sharing ourselves and our resources with other men, women, and children and with other organizations that serve our fellow humans, other living entities, and the Earth itself.


• Native American Spirituality - www.warren-wilson.edu/~religion/newifo/religions/paganism/index/native/essay.shtml
     An essay by Terra Hanks


• Retreatfinder.com Southeast Retreats - www.retreatfinder.com/Directory/directory_location.asp?location=US%20-%20Southeast
     These centers offer accommodations for personal retreats. These centers work similar to hotels in that you simply call up and request a retreat for a time that works for you. Most of the retreats are individual retreats that simply offer you space to take time for your own practices, whether it be meditation, reading, contemplation, or yoga.


• Speaking of Faith - speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/index.shtml
     Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett is public radio's conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas.


• Spirituality without God - rbest.ethicalmanifold.net/archives/000100.html
     ...While wandering around Asheville, a magnet for all manner of seekers, I stopped into a small shop and found a back room with Hindu and Buddhist altars, incense and flowers....


• The Jerusalem Center for Advanced Jewish Study for Women - www.yoatzot.org/about.php
     www.yoatzot.org/about.php


• Themes of Illumination, Opening to God Within - www.louisadyer.com
     52 Weeks of Divine Contemplations-by Louisa Dyer


• Women (Catholic) Priests? - www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/us/11catholic.html
     This is the article in the NY Times on the activities of Roman Catholic Womenpriests.