News Iceland Religion: Iceland, Israel, and the Jews: A Largely Negative History
Iceland attracted much negative international attention for this. Reinhard Marx, the cardinal of Munich and Chairman of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Community, denounced ...
News Iceland Religion: Essays on Faith: Who is reading your life?
I’m sure you’ve heard that saying. Who is reading your life? My husband was in his second year of military service, stationed in Iceland, when he met Randy, a fellow sailor. Right off the bat, Randy ...
News Iceland Religion: Sounds From The Quiet Place: Composer Hafdís Bjarnadóttir Sees Music In Everything
“It felt like a religious experience. I just got saved ... This success prompted requests for composition, and the nature of Iceland’s networking and connections led to further work. When Hafdís was ...
News Iceland Religion: Off the beaten track: check out these exciting alternative destinations
Iceland has attracted increasing numbers of tourists thanks ... In fact, the temples of Malta are some of the oldest religious sites on Earth. Malta offers plenty of natural beauty, too. In addition ...
News Iceland Religion: William Hamblin & Daniel Peterson: The dramatic religious landscape of Iceland's history
Until the late seventh century, Iceland was apparently uninhabited and unknown to Europeans. At about that time, Gaelic (Irish and Scots-Irish) monks began sailing the seas northwest of the British ...
News Iceland Religion: Iceland's proposed ban on circumcision rattles Jews, Muslims
Iceland — Jews and Muslims on this windswept island in the northern Atlantic Ocean find themselves united against a proposal to ban ritual circumcisions — jeopardizing a fundamental tradition in both ...
News Iceland Religion: The Story Behind Iceland's Only Rabbi
the government of Iceland doesn’t recognize Judaism as a religion. So, in the census tally, zero gets the final word. Rabbi Avi Feldman, a tall, lanky 27-year-old with a tawny beard who hails from ...
