Chatting with Myanmar’s Buddhist “Terrorist”
“Do I look like a terrorist?” the orange-robed monk asked me, confident that I would…
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Why This Lie? Brian Williams’ Pulpit Fiction
The deafening whomp-whomp-whomp you may have heard when Brian Williams got caught in a lie…
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America’s Savior: Lincolnolatry’s Hidden Cost
I plead guilty right up front to once participating in the cult I intend to…
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French Theologian Urges Islam to Self-Critique, Fails to Notice Log in Own Eye
In a piece published in Le Point on January 12th (translated and reprinted in Sightings on January 30th) eminent philosopher-theologian…
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Pentecostal Prayer Gangs: New Film Documents Religion in a Brazilian Prison
People make a lot of assumptions about prisoners’ faith that just aren’t accurate.
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Vatican Council on Women Would Be Funny Were it Not So Insulting
It may be Women’s Week at the Vatican, but you have to look carefully at…
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David Brooks’ Rant on Emptiness of Secularism is Poppycock
New York Times columnist David Brooks is way behind the curve when it comes to post-theistic…
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Why Serra Should Not Be a Saint
There were no saints in the California missions.
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Resurrecting Marley at 70: Rastafari History in 5 Songs
As 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery march, many Americans will…
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Muslim Women Create a Mosque of Their Own in Los Angeles
“I got kicked out of the last mosque where I felt safe,” says mosque co-founder.
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