Fiddler Beneath the Gun Impaling a head on a pole and putting a cigarette in his mouth? That was...

“That’s Simply Not True.” Cheers to Anderson Cooper for breaking out of the “objectivity” mold that usually lets guys like Jerry...

The Good News Club Tina Hinz of The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier in Iowa reports on the progress of after-school Good News Clubs...

Scalia v. History Jeff Sharlet: My colleague Kathryn Joyce, who posted the item below about Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s imaginative ideas...

Our Christian Son-of-a-Bitch Far from Falluja there’s another battle raging that’s just as vicious and even more dangerous in its...

A Different Species of Christian Conservative 20 November 2004 Jeff Sharlet: This is how much I like The New Pantagruel,...

Crowds Irate at Seer’s Failure to Die A Hindu seer, chief cleric of the Sriguru Ashram in east India,...

The Truly Cool Don’t The Louisiana ACLU has threatened the Governor’s Office with legal action unless it stops violating...

Tradition v. “Tradition” TWIRP (“The Woman Is Requested to Pay”) Day is canceled in a small Texas school district, after...

From Prophetic to Prosaic Last June, the National Association of Evangelicals’ draft of new political guidelines for Christian civic...

Our colleagues at NYU’s Center for Religion and Media recommend The Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival. We’re a bit...

Scripture vs. Scripturalism 15 November 2004 A scholar of Hindu fundamentalism looks at American “moral values.” By Gregory Grieve...

Cathedral of Hope Michael Piazza, the pastor of the world’s largest gay church, Cathedral of Hope, has resigned from his...

Bar Mitzvah Lessons (Not) Learned Hasdai Westbrook, on Bar Mitzvah lessons: “Mr. Wolf fixed his gaze on me. ‘I...

The Good Reverend and Gay Rights “‘Who succeeded in the great cultural battle over race and rights … those...

“Historical Ties” at Ashland U. In order to “reinforce historical ties,” Ohio’s Ashland University, founded by the Brethren Church, announces...

Let It Boil Bob Jones U. has a glorious message for Bush, lest he be tempted to the “paganism”...

Barry Goldwater biographer Rick Perlstein reports on some surprising numbers crunched by political scientist Phil Klinkner. Bush’s support among heavy churchgoers in 2000 and...

Ashcroft & Evans To Pursue Solo Projects; Rummy Still With the Band John Ashcroft is done. So is Secretary...

Gary Hart Preaches The prophetic voice of the moment comes from… Gary Hart? Who wouldda thunk? And yet here...

The Religious Right’s Big Tent Q.: What does “religious right” mean if being religious, and on the right, isn’t...

You’ll Know Us by Our Earbuds A California start-up called BiblePlayer offers free downloads of three different text versions of the...

Canterbury Ale Monks and friars have long been among the best brewmasters, and the old heart of the Church...

Not Tame Lions Make of it what you will: A 46-year old man was bitten at the Taipei Zoo...