I Love You, I Do.
We asked our Near and Dear to tell us something about today, the day when we celebrate love--or loss...
Here are the results for Adam Becker.
In the News: Wins and Losses
A round-up of recent religion news.
Daily Links: "Where You Been?" Edition
Ok, so it's not always daily. But it is more than links.
The Bestselling Christian Books of 2010
Thomas Nelson Publishers decided to tally up the 100 bestselling Christian books of 2010 (they used proprietary software; don't...
Persecution Complexes
A historian of early Christianity looks at contemporary evangelicalism’s persecution complexes in light of the Christian martyrdom tradition and...
Sharlet in the Pulpit
Jeff Sharlet: More like the church basement, I imagine. This Sunday, September 24th, I'll be speaking at Grace Church...
Making Good Islam
30 December 2005 There’s something to be said for being forthright. The Opinion Journal, The Wall Street Journal’s conservative...
Certainly, He Said
“Despite, or perhaps because of, the lack of historical fact about his motivations, Judas remains a fascination. ‘Certain traditions...
Gallup Prayer
CNN reports the results of a poll it conducted with USA Today and Gallup, and finds that Americans offered...
Apologetic Islam
Apologetic Islam 29 November 2004 Natana J. Delong-Bas, Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad(New York: Oxford University...
Daily Links October 14 2004
Which Side Are You On? Two recent Revealer items are driving a lot of conservative readers to The Revealer. They’re angry with...
Arresting Jesus
Late breaking Passion news from the Jewish Forward: “Emotions in the auditorium became so intense that during the crucifixion scene,...
Imam Ali in Sadr City
“An Iraqi between posters of prominent Shiite cleric Sheik Muqtada al-Sadr and Imam Ali, first Imam and cousin of...
In the News: Candles, Kombucha, Crocodiles, and more!
A round-up of the week's religion news.
Excerpt: Revival and Awakening
An excerpt from Revival and Awakening: American Evangelical Missionaries in Iran and the Origins of Assyrian Nationalism by Adam...
A Red Bagel
By Adam H. Becker
When I was little my mother would get me a red bagel on Valentine's Day and...
Bark at the Rapture
Everybody knows dogs don't have souls. Nor do atheists. Now that the Rapture is back on for...
Flaunting Malignant Brilliance
by Adam H. Becker
A Film Unfinished (2010, 90 min), directed by Yael Hersonski, is about footage shot in the...
Beck Off!
You don't mess with the theologians, Glenn Beck. The folks at Union Theological Seminary haven't found Beck's use and...
Arabs Rape, Jews Screw?
Sabbar Kashur, an Israeli man, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for having consensual sex with a...
Who’s Afraid of the Free Speech Fundamentalists?: Reflections on the South Park Cartoon Controversy
Recent days have, alas, been marked by a sense of déjà vu all over again for scholars of contemporary...
The Invisible Particularity of the Secular
Adam H. Becker: Cries of discrimination have been raised in France over the decision by a private restaurant chain...
2007 Favorite Books
By Jeff Sharlet
The British New Statesman asked me to contribute to their round-up of best books of the year....
Expose Yourself
The Revealer seeks new revelators. We've been weaned off the foundation teat, and we're all busy trying to feed...