Link roundup: 24 November – 28 November

• CNN debates whether Jesus was a capitalist or a communist. The suggestion that both options are completely ridiculous isn’t on the table…
• A professor of philosophy takes on the question of religious exclusiveness.
• The Dalai Lama is giving up his ceremonial duties as the head of the Tibetan state in exile.
• After Sarah Palin declared in her new book that most university professors do not believe in god, the Chronicle of Higher Education set out to prove her wrong.

• The Canada Network has a preview of ‘The Borgias’, a new cable series coming in Winter that will chronicle the life and sexcapades of Pope Alexander VI at the end of the 15th century.
• CNN newest piece in their ‘sacred space’ series looks at the Washington National Cathedral.
• The argument between China and the Vatican over control of the Catholic Church in China continues.
• The Vatican’s new position on condoms has irked conservative Catholics.
• The popular vote gave the win to Christopher Hitchens in his debate with Tony Blair in Toronto on Friday evening.
• In related news, atheist billboards are now taking on Christmas and denouncing it as a myth.
• One of the former members of music group ABBA has lost a legal attempt to reclaim money she claims she lent to her Buddhism teacher and his temple.