On May 4, 2011, Obama decided not to release photos of the corpse. Read an article about the aftermath of the bin Laden raid from the New York Times.

Stephen Prothero, a religion scholar at Boston University, writes on CNN’s Belief blog that burial at sea was “an elegant solution” to the quandary of what to do with the body, as it thwarts any tendency to turn bin Laden’s burial place into a pilgrimage site for extremists.

Time.com gives an explanation of why bin Laden was buried so quickly, and at sea.

The Religious Tolerance website maintains a history of the conflict between Mormons and traditional Christians.

Beliefnet.com maintains a page explaining the differences between Mormon and traditional Christian beliefs.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posts a Web page on its beliefs and doctrines.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead, or Bardo Thodol, records the stages of death and rebirth. It is intended to guide one through the bardo, or the conscious interval between death and rebirth.

Why should the secular media cover religion? By Gayle White The Atlanta Journal-Constitution* Why should the secular media cover politics? Or science? Or sports? Because they are part of human life and contribute to the order of society. Often, religion provides the “why” in the equation of a story. Faith motivates people, groups and, at […]

Yechiel Shalom Goldberg teaches in the Jewish studies program at California State University, Long Beach, where he specializes in the study of Jewish mysticism.