I've Been Sanctified...

February 23, 2005
“‘When a young man and a young woman give in to Satan, when they strip down like animals in...

Terri Schiavo Case

February 23, 2005
The case of Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of a fierce battle between her...

Haunted Derrida

February 22, 2005
“For someone constantly accused of relativism, Derrida often sounds in these late works like a man haunted by the...

The Education of Senator Thune

February 22, 2005
Sharlet: Daschle defeater John Thune cites spiritual influence of a man who cites spiritual model of Osama Bin Laden....

The President Says So

February 22, 2005
While most of the press gets giddy over the revelation that Bush smoked pot (’cause, y’know, coke is for...

The Passion of Constantine

February 22, 2005
Next to Constantine, Mel Gibson’s The Passion is an episode of Spongebob Squarepants. In Constantine, Keanu Reeves as the titular, demon-slaying hero visits...

Is This Anything?

February 22, 2005
The magic properties of the word “religion” — simultaneously capable of bestowing protection and destroying credibility — are shown...

Gay Cartoons

February 21, 2005
After the dismissal of the “Philadelphia Four” case, America gets back to discussing questions of marriage and gay rights...

Hunter S. Thompson, Revelator

February 21, 2005
Hunter S. Thompson shot himself yesterday. Thompson was not a religion writer, but he was surely a religious one. He put his...

Prayers for Conviction

February 21, 2005
Virginia lawmakers, who are currently reviewing a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would secure the right to...

In Defense of Libraries

February 21, 2005
By Ben Daniel: On January 28th, Freedom House, an organization that monitors human rights and promotes democracy and American-style...

What's That Over There?

February 18, 2005
For anyone sad to see the “Philadelphia Four” story fade away, there’s more outrage and free speech debates to...

Remember No Evil

February 18, 2005
Disappearances, torture and nun-killings. How’s the media to make use of historical context when history itself seems stuck on...

What's That Over There?

February 18, 2005
For anyone sad to see the “Philadelphia Four” story fade away, there’s more outrage and free speech debates to...

Ecological Sin

February 18, 2005
To mark the Kyoto Protocol, which took effect in the rest of the world this week, the National Council...

What Becomes of the Almost-Martyrs?

February 18, 2005
Pennsylvania judge Pamela Dembe has dismissed all charges — inciting riot, conspiracy and ethnic intimidation (Pennsylvania’s hate crime law)...

More Stickers

February 18, 2005
Science class update: Wyatt Bunker, a Memphis school board member who helped establish Bible classes in county schools is...

Exorcism Lessons

February 18, 2005
Alarmed by the apparent growth of interest in Satanism and the occult, the Vatican has begun offering priests and...

C of E: IRA Division

February 17, 2005
After lengthy debate on whether women priests could be consecrated as bishops, the General Synod of the Church of...

Vocation Training

February 17, 2005
The ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State have filed a complaint regarding religious proselytization in...

Evangelical Rainbow Attack

February 17, 2005
Kathryn Joyce: Eight pastors -- four white, three black and one latino; representing various theological and political backgrounds and...

"Religion" by Fiat

February 17, 2005
Boston University gets into the sticky business of defining what is and isn’t a religion with their decision to...

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