A Church With a Hole In Its Heart: An Excerpt from Peter Manseau’s “One Nation Under Gods”
In the dry red soil of Chimayo, New Mexico, there is a hole in the…
Read MoreArchive
Fake, Evil, Spiritual, Commodified; What’s the Truth About Popular Yoga?
What inspired you to write Selling Yoga? Near the beginning of my graduate school career, I…
Read More
As Long As There’s Fear, We Aren’t Ready for Atheism: A Conversation with Theologian and Ex-Priest Daniel Maguire
Professor Daniel C. Maguire’s latest book, Christianity Without God: Moving beyond the Dogmas and Retrieving…
Read More
From The Virgin Mary to a Housewife in Queens: Inside The Seer of Bayside
Every June 18 for more than 25 years, Veronica Lueken—a Catholic housewife from Bayside, Queens—gathered…
Read More
To Get Hebdo Cartoons You Must Get Laïcité
Laïcité is not equivalent to the American notion of “secularism.”
Read More
Is The Episcopal Church Driving Drunk?
For many of her critics Heather Cook’s crime spree began with her ordination.
Read More
Egyptian President Al-Sisi is a Dictator, Not a Reformer of Islam
It’s ironic that a number of (mostly right wing) commentators have been invoking the ideals of freedom…
Read More
Why Was Suspicion Over “The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven” Ignored for Years?
“When I made the claims that I did, I had never read the Bible.”
Read More
The “Religious Freedom” Issue That May Cost the Accused Boston Bomber His Life
Forget the Charlie Hebdo attacks, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should worry about “death-qualifying” the jury.
Read More
How to Become an Atheist in Twelve Short Months
Ryan Bell no longer believes in God, exactly. Bell is the former Seventh-Day Adventist pastor who last January made…
Read More