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Jesus Christ and Super Stars: How The Holy Rolled Mainstream in Pop Music

By Alana Massey

…claration of death is just a roundabout way of affirming existence. On her most recent album, Honeymoon, she slowly unleashes a litany of appeals she has made to that same God, “God knows I live/God knows I died/God knows I begged/Begged, borrowed and cried/God knows I loved/God knows I lied/God knows I lost/God gave me life/And God knows I tried.” A few tracks later, on “Religion,” she moans, “When I’m down on my knees, you’re how I pray/Halleluj…

Haiti and the Push for Theological Questions

By Paula M. Cooey

…ose of us steeped in scriptural traditions that emphasize a highly anthropomorphized, personalistic, moody, and mighty God, those of us who approach these texts “literally.” So, for example, Pat Robertson, appearing on CBN, attributes the earthquake, along with a history of natural and social devastation in Haiti, to a slave revolt based on a “pact with the devil.” He calls the earthquake an event that could be a blessing in disguise for the Haiti…

Sacred&Profane: Wilco Worship and the “Churn” in American Religion

By Gary Laderman

…ay line based on misinformed applications of comparative religion? Yet one more demonstration of the ill-informed masses making hyperbolic statements about what is like religion? The author continues with his own personal testimonial to the religious quality of a Wilco show for some people, sometimes: “It’s easy to see why a band like Wilco inspires such devotion. They are, quite simply, transcendent on stage…..” On the other side of the stage, Je…