01 September 2004 Daily Links

September 1, 2004
We here at The Revealer are such malcontents. Take the RNC. We’re not happy with the way the press is (not)...

31 August 2004 Daily Links

August 31, 2004
“The funniest philosopher of all time”? Scott McLemee, at The Chronicle of Higher Education, reviews The Humor of Kierkegaard: An Anthology (Princeton University...

The Mess We're In

August 31, 2004
If “religion got us into these messes,” as The Globe and Mail’s Ken Wiwa writes, “can it get us out?” “In Africa,...

30 August 2004 Daily Links

August 30, 2004
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, expressed frustration with “the rawness of the anger” which characterized the divisions in the...

28 August 2004 Daily Links

August 28, 2004
‘I want people to judge me on my deeds, not how I try to define myself as a religious...

27 August 2004 Daily Links

August 27, 2004
Last week an Islamist women’s group launched a monthly online magazine, Al-Khansaa, aimed at recruiting Arab women jihadis to fight...

26 August 2004 Daily Links

August 26, 2004
The Pope says “No” to cosmic energy and tragic spiritual vacuums. South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party — a long-time...

25 August 2004 Daily Links

August 25, 2004
John Safran versus God: Australian comedian/documentary filmaker John Safran (of streaking through Jerusalem fame) has made a new series...

24 August 2004 Daily Links

August 24, 2004
“‘This shrine’s a problem.'” NPR’s Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post embed Karl Vickabout the “politics” complicating things in Najaf. Listen. Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien...

23 August 2004 Daily Links

August 23, 2004
With regard to the swift boat controversy, a quick lesson in kairos from the greatest American pagan writer, William...

Here on Earth, Right Now

August 22, 2004
Today at 3 pm eastern time (and thereafter online): Revealer editor Jeff Sharlet on Wisconsin’s Public Radio’s “Here on Earth, with Jean Feraca,” to discuss...

21 August 2004 Daily Links

August 21, 2004
Show yourself: David Adam, science correspondent for The Guardian, reports on the announcement yesterday of a multi-national group of scientists who...

20 August 2004 Daily Links

August 20, 2004
Tired of Deal Hudson? Much better Catholic writing is to be found in V.Y. Mudimbe‘s story atWords Without Borders, a...

19 August 2004 Daily Links

August 19, 2004
Everyone likes a winner: Bush has been using images of the Iraqi soccer team in his advertising and inserting...

19 August 2004 Daily Links

August 19, 2004
Wash Post headline gets it wrong: Melanie Mattson of Just a Bump in the Beltway calls The Revealer‘s attention to a story in today’s paper...

On a Shaky Wall

August 17, 2004
By Jeff Sharlet Beacon Press has just published a useful little volume for journalists on the God beat: The Separation...

17 August 2004 Daily Links

August 17, 2004
The Nashville Tennessean is still looking for the right candidate to fill its religion reporter’s job, vacated when Brian Lewis...

16 August 2004 Daily Links

August 16, 2004
NPR reports on the controversial new “Buddha Bar” of Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, the name of which sparked a letter-writing campaign...

Bible Porn

August 16, 2004
Erik Hanson: “Once, when I was eight, I knelt down at my bed alongside my mother, admitted I was...

15 August 2004 Daily Links

August 15, 2004
The President says he’s a “soldier of God.” His inspiration is Jesus. And he’s fighting the “emperor of evil.”...

13 August 2004 Daily Links

August 13, 2004
Pregnant by Jesus? The BBC reports that one of Britain’s fastest growing churches is claiming a number of “miracle babies”...

12 August 2004 Daily Links

August 12, 2004
The Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf has had a dual historical role as both holy shrine and rallying point...

And the Devil Likes Schlitz

August 11, 2004
God apparently prefers Coors. Peter Coors, that is, the brewery heir who won yesterday’s Republican primary for the open...

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