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Debating Death: Is It Really the End?

By Angela Bonavoglia

…st week, four scientific big thinkers settled into their seats on stage at NYC’s Kaufmann Center to debate this provocative proposition for NPR’s Intelligence Squared. They would be discussing this proposition from a purely scientific, not a religious point of view, wrestling with the fundamental question of whether or not consciousness is totally contingent on a functioning human brain. And if it is not, so the logic goes, then the demise of the…

Bloomberg is Right to Say No to Muslim School Holidays

By Hussein Rashid

…ff—yes there is a third Id, Id-e Ghadir, that many Muslims celebrate. Now, NYC wants to decide which Islam is a good Islam and which is not. However, it was a bonding experience for all the Muslim students at my school. Fighting the admittedly accommodating administration was a way we created community. It set us apart from other students. Mayor Bloomberg claims he is ready to make unpopular decisions. Let him. Deny the Id holidays, and take a sta…

The Message of the RNC: Who Is Thy Enemy?

By Jonathan L. Walton

…ped to protect America from? Are they the “Islamic terrorists” that former NYC Mayor Guliani brazenly called out? The perpetrators of 9/11 which were repeatedly referenced? Solely Osama bin Laden and members of al-Qaeda that we must “track to the gates of hell” on “their soil” before they strike again on “ours”? Unfortunately, this is what conservative talking points would have us believe. The enemies are Islamic barbarians at the gate of America’…

RDPulpit: Did Progressive Christianity Dump its Savior in Brad Braxton?

By Ronald B. Neal

…nt resignation of Dr. Brad Braxton, the now ex-pastor of Riverside Church, NYC. Dr. Braxton’s resignation, after a controversial nine months, is symptomatic of a deep theological and ethnic dilemma among progressive Christians. This dilemma, which is spelled out in terms of race, class, and culture, is far from new, having plagued the progressive Christian tradition since its emergence in the early 19th century. From abolitionism to liberation the…

True Blood: When Marketing Goes For the Jugular

By Joseph Laycock

…izarre marketing campaigns in history. HBO hired an agency called CampFire NYC to use a technique known as “viral marketing.” The strategy was to pique interest in True Blood by deliberately confusing fact and fiction. This was primarily done online, where Web sites such as TruBeverage.com were created, complete with product descriptions of various synthetic blood types. Vampire profiles began to appear on Myspace, Facebook, and livejournal comple…

Cooler than Thou: Will Hipsters Wreck Christianity?

By Nicole Greenfield

…ans, we are sorry for being self-righteous judgmental bastards. Revolution NYC: A church for people who have given up on church.” To Bakker, religion is dangerous because of its rules and regulations and lack of emphasis on personal belief. “It’s like going to work,” he told me several years ago. “We need to agree to disagree because right now there’s a war within the church and innocent bystanders are falling victim. Grace provides freedom from t…

UK Atheist Church Invasion

By Becky Garrison

…o New York on November 4th to resolve, reboot and relaunch Sunday Assembly NYC. Indeed, these difficulties are really blessings as we learn so much from them. What’s your response to those who say that by calling this a “church,” you’re making atheism into a religion? Jones: I think religion has become associated with some certain practices, which because people don’t like religion, they think that all of the things associated with it are bad. Bu…

“It’s the Mormon Moment”

By Joanna Brooks

…of about fifty such unorthodox Mormons from across the country gathered in NYC last weekend to see The Book of Mormon: The Musical together. What did they think of a play that poked fun at literal Mormon belief claims while celebrating the tradition’s sweetness? What did they think of a play that put Darth Vader, Joseph Smith, and Frodo Baggins on stage in a musical tableau meant to suggest that religious stories can be powerful and meaningful wit…

Freezing Our Way to a Fiery Hell?

By Steve A. Wiggins

…sustain our concern over global warming, snow days will become mere memories of a more temperate past. For now I have to get to work. Photo of NYC blizzard by flickr user Sarah_Ackerman via Creative Commons….

Fight The New “Hobby Lobby” Religious Order: Get Ordained

By Brook Wilensky-Lanford

…h knitted uteruses (uteri?); handing out condoms at the door. Closer to my NYC home, there’s Mary Valle’s musical interpretation and Rachel Riederer’s satirical speech celebrating corporate personhood’s “Freedom Summer.” I found an opening in scholar Winifred Fallers Sullivan’s otherwise terrifying analysis of the verdicts at The Immanent Frame. She noted the radical disconnect between the court’s conventional, “churchy” definitions of religion as…