Religion Goes to the Movies
A brief tour through some forthcoming films.
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Leaving Empire: The Risks of American Insularity
Travel imparts one with the indelible impression that something is out there. That something may not be the existence of God, but it is certainly the existence of the rest of the world. Plus, it’s harder to kill those you’ve met.
Read MoreSarah Palin: Bus Tour of Destruction
By the time this book tour is finished, she will have succeeded in splitting the republican party, solidifying a new hard right religious base, and making enough money to turn Alaska into the New Jerusalem.
Read MoreCan Johnny and Sally Handle the Truth About Thanksgiving?
Maybe it’s time to stop framing European conquest as dinner party between Pilgrims and Indians.
Read MoreJesus Loves You, But You’ll Burn in Hell
A new book.
Read MoreDid Christianity Cause the Crash?
Hell to the Naw!
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Claude, Adieu: A Farewell to Lévi-Strauss
Claude Lévi-Strauss, visionary anthropologist, once said: “The world began without man and will end without him.” Was he post-humanist? Post-monotheist? Such binaries can’t capture a thinker of his subtlety.
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Claude Lévi-Strauss: Meeting the Myth
The latest generation of religion scholars has studied Lévi-Strauss only to distance itself from his theories, and to challenge the myth of structuralism. Perhaps in doing so we have created a fable of our own.
Read MoreIs Joel Osteen, Success Mag Cover Boy, Really “God’s Best”?
With his signature combination of controversy-avoidance and biblical cherry-picking Joel Osteen promotes the good life.
Read MoreAre Muslims Really Given a Pass By “Elite Opinion Makers”?
A letter to the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg from a scholar of religious extremism.
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