Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | After the 'Family' broke us apart, 26 Nov 05 interesting story about <"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Spencer"> Jeremy Spencer (ex Fleetwood Mac) and his family (and The Family cult). Spencer's children have formed a group called Jynxt.

New York Times, A Party Girl Leads China's Online Revolution, 24 Nov 05: "Chinese Web logs have existed since early in this decade, but the form has exploded in recent months, challenging China's ever vigilant online censors and giving flesh to the kind of free-spoken civil society whose emergence the government has long been determined to prevent or at least tightly control."

Telegraph | News | 'There's no such thing as the perfect sermon. Thank God', 20 Nov 05 "So entrenched has the fixation with perfection become that a growing number of preachers log on to internet sites such as www.sermoncentral.com to download pre-formated sermons, in the manner of desperate A-level students on an essay deadline."

The Cult of Mac Blog: "Zen IPod Docks From Japan Made of Stone" [scroll down for this gem]

Al-Ahram Weekly | Heritage | Scene set for Coptic studies

heraldtribune.com, School Web filter blocks faiths, 8 Nov 05 "Nathan Robinson, 16, was pulling together the horoscopes for the student newspaper when he ran into an eye-opening problem: The school's Web filter blocked him from getting any information on astrology because it fell under the state's filter for cults and nonmainstream religions."

The Cult of Mac Blog, 25 Oct 05: "Designer Scott Wilson, the brains behind the $13 iBelieve iPod-crucifix-lanyard, said it celebrates both Jesus and the iPod." An interesting discussion on the iBelieve i-Pod accessory, which may be authentic ... [scroll down for full story]

CNN.com - 'God blogging' workshop spreads faith - Oct 17, 2005: "What would Jesus blog? That and other pressing questions drew 135 Christians to Southern California this weekend for a national conference billed as the first-ever for 'God bloggers,' a growing community of online writers who exchange information and analyze current events from a Christian perspective."

It's only rock'n'roll: oregonlive.com, Priest sends tunes, tenets over Web site, 16 Oct 05: "The Rev. Bailey Clemens flips a switch, and a blast of guitars and drums pulses through the massive tree-shaded stone walls of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church.

"It's pop rock with a Catholic message, zooming into cyberspace on its way to teenage listeners in Saudi Arabia, France, Japan, Brazil and wherever else Clemens' Web site is tuned in.

"'I guess it is edgy for a Catholic priest,' he says of his Pendleton-based Internet vibes, and he might be right: 'Ave Maria' this is not. More like Audio Adrenaline, Seven Day Slumber and Superchick."

Guardian Unlimited | Young, free and kosher, 11 Oct 05

Opinion piece and commentary on net dating:

"If there's one thing Jews love, it's other Jews. JDate, a giant temple in cyberspace, is the "World's largest Jewish singles community"; an online dating service where Jewish singles can meet, mate and continue the tribe."

CNN.com - Bible group spreads word by SMS - Oct 6, 2005: "'In da Bginnin God cre8d da heavens & da earth,' according to a new version of the Bible translated into the text message language of cell phone users."

sfgate.com, Chinese Internet vs. free speech / Hard choices for U.S. tech giants, September 18, 2005: "U.S. tech giants are helping the Chinese express themselves online -- as long as they don't write about democracy, Tibet, sex, Tiananmen Square, Falun Gong, government corruption or any other taboo subject. "

BBC NEWS | Technology | Storm help flows from 3D worlds, 7 September 2005

BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Yahoo 'helped jail China writer', 7 Sept 05 "Reporters Without Borders said Yahoo's Hong Kong arm helped China link Shi Tao's e-mail account and computer to a message containing the information."

Guardian Unlimited | Online | And The Word is: Godcasting, 10 Aug 05 "Some Godcasts, however, prove problematic, said Business Week's Olga Kharif, noting the LamRim show (mostly speeches by Buddhist religious leaders). "Interested listeners can also download meditations but," she said, "they are just a lot of dead air.""

Asia Times Online, Indian police get mobile over porn, 28 July 2005: "The long arm of the law silently watches over the shoulders of people to catch them "red-handed" watching porn, which is not illegal, but any form of promotion by forwarding/hosting (the technical word is multimedia messaging or MMS) can invite a jail sentence and a heavy fine."

Wired News: Blogs Taking Off in Cambodia, 20 July 05

Scientologists drop copyright case | The Register, 8 July 2005: "A day before the Dutch Supreme Court was to deliver its final verdict, the Church of Scientology has dropped its controversial case against writer Karin Spaink, who hyperlinked to what the church believe is copyrighted material. However, Spaink wants the case to continue, as it will establish a freedom of speech precedence for the internet and ISPs in particular."

Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media, Internet and Cyber Environments Heidi Campbell's article is available online as a sample entry for the Encyclopedia.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft censors Chinese blogs, 14 June 05: "Chinese bloggers posting their thoughts via Microsoft's net service face restrictions on what they can write."