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It was the “eastern” and “new age” beliefs that made it newsworthy, though. Well over half of 
those surveyed find something “other” to believe in, whether it’s reincarnation, yoga as a spiritual practice, astrology, spiritual energy in mountains, trees or crystals, or that old-time favorite, the “evil eye.” In a different direction, and on a different continent, the tiny seed of liberal religion has found some fertile soil; mostly as a result of Africans having contact with Unitarians in the US, but also by “Google-powered spiritual journeys”/Fort Boise. More here.
Question: Do you mix-and-match your religious beliefs, either by attending churches of other denomations occasionally or by sprinkling in some “eastern” and “new age” spirituality?
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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