The Hyperreal Kimmy Schmidt
Why ridiculous fake religion makes for such great binge-watching.
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“This is a Homosexual Bar, Jesus”: Malcolm Boyd, 1924-2015
Remembering a church leader who had the courage to out himself just in time for the rise of the Moral Majority
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Evangelicals Looking for Walker to “Do Nothing” in 2016 Election
When speaking to religious audiences, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker likes to remind people that he…
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Why Does the Pope Love This Trippy Dystopian Novel from 1907?
The 2013 election of Pope Francis marked a number of firsts for the Catholic Church:…
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ISIS is the Islamic “Reformation”
On August 10th 1566 an enraged crowd of Huguenots burst into the Chapel of St….
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Jews and Muslims Join Forces for Academic Freedom
My university is not a battleground.
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Is Religion to Blame for Violence? Karen Armstrong’s Flawed Case
Just as I finished Karen Armstrong’s Fields of Blood, which is a very extended attack on…
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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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‘Iconoclash’ of Civilizations: Missives from the Image Wars
It is as if, by professing how much we hate all images, we in turn profess how much we really, in the end, love our images more than all others.
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