When Samir Selmanovic converted to Christianity as a young soldier in the Yugoslav army, his — Croatian, atheist and culturally Muslim — family was heartbroken. “They hired top psychiatrists to talk to me,” Selmanovic told a meeting of the Religion Newswriters Association. When that didn’t work, they summoned an imam.
Americans are practicing religion in sports stadiums, at Star Trek conventions, at Michael Jackson’s memorial, and on pornographic websites. Holy is all over the place in America, says author Gary Laderman, a professor of American Religious History and Cultures at Emory University and the author of a new book, “Sacred Matters.”
For the time being, at least, non-believers are okay with Obama’s stance vis-a-vis religion and spirituality. Check out this story on Politico.com.
