Upcoming Events: September 2013
September 2013 Upcoming Religion & Media Events
Religion in H.P. Lovecraft
In Lovecraft’s most popular stories, the religious element is often shallow. However, “religion,” as a category was, for...
An American Muslim University
Hussein Rashid interviewed Scott Korb about his new book, Light without Fire. We've got the audio.
Daily Links: "I'll Tell You When You're Right" Edition
NRA v. Planned Parenthood; the sex we deserve, Persecution Complexes; atheist giving; corporate personhood, corporate conscience; Pareidolia; faith healing!
What Are You?
David F. Evans reviews Emily Raboteau's latest book, "Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora."
"The Bible's" Fill of Meaningful Omission
"The Bible" squashed the central achievement of biblical storytelling: meaningful omissions and lacunae, “story” as the seed of excited,...
Pet Cemetery
As earlier memorials to bears and whales suggest, capitalism doesn’t diminish our need for ritual—it heightens it.
Homegrown Settlers
As President Obama makes his first visit to Israel today, Kiera Feldman examines Americans in the settlements... and their...
Oh SNAP! Picking a Pope with Sex Abuse Solutions in Mind
By Abby Ohlheiser With the conclave starting tomorrow, SNAP warns that a new pope can't magically fix the Catholic...
Life in the Shrine
The fearful narratives surrounding West African shrines and the ‘wives of the deity’ obscure the reality of these long-standing...
On Not Enjoying Zero Dark Thirty... For the Right Reasons.
By Angela ZitoThis is The War. The War is far, far away, on a screen. It is terrible and...
Will SCOTUS Tie the Knot?
Becky Garrison: What will a United States Supreme Court decision do for public opinion regarding same-sex marriage?
Mediating Our Dead
By Rachel Wagner We have become incapable of sitting with tragedy and loss, and instantly seek to make order...
The Art of Living in Modern India
Jake Halpern goes to India: It seems like a romantic and clichéd notion, but I was very earnestly...
Who's Hot, Who's Not, Fundamentalism Edition
By Jeff Sharlet Rick Warren's real conribution to American evangelicalism is the perfection of the humble-brag.
Sex Abuse Scandals and Ultra-Orthodox Jews: Is the Internet the Problem?
By Ayala Fader The digital age has caused a crisis of moral authority among ultra-Orthodox rabbinic leadership as they...
Daily Links: Conspiracy Edition
Nathan Schradle's Daily Links. Conspiracy, man. Can you dig it?
When Jesus Said "Love your Neighbor," He Probably Meant Don't Kill Them...
Not whistling past the Nazarene’s call to real, risky love of people facing unjust, arbitrary death.
Where was Religion at the RNC? In the Foreign Policy. No, Really.
The convention floor was the village of The Scarlet Letter, where the elect and aspirants must name their enemies,...
Intersections of Religion and Media: Interviews II
In an ongoing series of print and audio interviews, S. Brent Plate talks to experts about the field of...
In Defense of the Coalition: Observing the RNC
Our lady in Tampa, Abby Ohlheiser, reports back from the Faith and Freedom Coalition.
Old Lands, New Gospels: The Science of Happiness in Uganda
by Amy Levin: Ever since Madonna and Tom Cruise carried the banner for Kabbalah and Scientology, respectively, New...
Intersections of Religion and Media: Interviews
Intersections of Religion and Media: S. Brent Plate interviews Jolyon Mitchell, Rianne Subijanto, Diane Winston, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu,...
That's Why They Crucified Him:An Interview with James Cone
by Joe McKnight I am sitting alone in this living room with the father of black liberation...