What the Lost Finale is Really About
Is TV’s Favorite Desert Island Thriller the Ultimate Reality Show?
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‘Miracles’ Rejects Disenchantment, Not Science
For two decades The Insane Clown Posse, a hip-hop group from Detroit, has cultivated an underground network of dedicated fans. The Posse, usually abbreviated to just “ICP,” consists of Shaggy 2 Dope and Violent J. Their musical stylings are known as “horrorcore” because…
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Lady Gaga’s Secret Religion
Is Lady Gaga (the self-proclaimed “fame monster” so well known for her enticing pop music, outrageous fashion, and elaborately staged spectacles) involved in a pseudo-religious conspiracy of global moment? The answer is “yes”—but not for the reasons that…
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Satire is Religion
The debate over cartoons and prophets is not just about freedom of speech; it’s about freedom of religion.
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It’s Marketin’ Time!
When Jesus was knocked to the mat by Satan, being pounded by the elbows of sin, he did not tap out. So believes Jason David Frank, once a star on the iconic Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, who now markets fight-wear to Christians who love the violent and sometimes bloody sport known as mixed martial arts.
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AIPAC and the Israel Lobby: A Graphic Retrospective
How did AIPAC come about? How influential is it? How does it exert force on our lawmakers? All this and more in a short journalistic comic. Includes bonus comic on lobbying.
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Einstein’s Religion, Darwin’s Agnosticism
A new book by Krista Tippett, host of NPR’s “Speaking of Faith,” furthers the heartfelt intervention in the culture wars that her show represents.
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Kill Your Patriarchs: An Interview with Michael Muhammad Knight
His first book, The Taqwacores, was xeroxed and spiral-bound, but it struck a loud punk-inflected chord in a community of mostly-Islamic youth, trying to reconcile music and religion.
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Video: How the Religion v. Science ‘Debate’ is Like Professional Wrestling
In this multimedia presentation, McCane and Mathewson reveal how the equally toothless performances of New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and creationists like Ken Ham share more with the garish world of Hulk Hogan and the Iron Sheik than with serious scholarship.
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I Want a Perfect Body
Americans are the inheritors of a religious tradition that holds that inner goodness is reflected in outer beauty—but the pursuit of bodily perfection is an endeavor, both personal and commercial, that has global reach. Whether someone is looking for a better nose, or for immortality, the quest has everything to do with religion.
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