Link roundup: 18 November - 20 November

• Spiritual students do better in university, according to a study cited by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
• In a recent poll, a majority of Americans say that Obama's religious beliefs differ from their own.
• China needs more religious freedom, according to a recent American report.
• Obama has signed an order clarifying the church-state relationship. See another report here.
• America's best church choir is from Compton, California, according to a recent contest.
• CNN has two pieces about Facebook. The first looks at 'the theology of Facebook', while the second quotes a pastor who argues that Facebook encourages adultery (the Washington Post disagrees).
• The Toronto Star has an article about a (very entertaining) Fox news interview with a 4 year-old boy who claims to have gone to heaven while under anesthesia.
• Evangelical Christians in Brazil have banned the use of USB connections, calling the technology the mark of devil worshippers.
• Macleans Magazine talks about Tony Blair's recent tour discussing religion and politics, focusing on his recent stop at McGill University in Montreal.
• The Free Church of Scotland has voted to allow the singing of hymns in its services, after over a century without them.
• The iPhone bible app is turning out to be very popular.
• The Pope has said that the use of condoms is acceptable in certain cases.