Katy Perry’s Siren Song to Conspiracy Theorists
Are pop stars all Illuminati or are these outraged viewers just tabloid junkies?
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The Emotional Problem in American Evangelicalism
Do conservative churches just need a more robust theology?
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Does Multiverse Theory Bring Theology Into Science?
The 2500-year-old idea of the multiverse is a way to sidestep theology: if there are an infinite number of universes that take on all possible parameters throughout eternity, then we don’t have to appeal to a god to explain the bounty or harmony of the world around us.
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If there were an Oscar for Best Hidden Agenda, it would go to Jack Ryan: The Shadow Recruit.
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No Bible in this year’s Oscar nominees, and not much in the way of supernatural—but plenty of religion, if you know how to look for it.
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If the critique of our reliance on technology is the obvious takeaway from Her, the less obvious but perhaps more interesting critique seems to be of our culture’s attitude toward romantic love.
Read MoreGlobal LGBT Recap: Ugandan Law Unleashes Vigilantes, Anti-Gay Americans Want to Boost Homophobia Exports
There’s plenty of anti-gay activism in the world, but not enough for some American religious right activists
Read MoreHis Holiness, Inc.: The Dalai Lama as a Spiritual Mega-Brand
How do we learn to move beyond the commodification of education, of wisdom teachers like the Dalai Lama, of compassion itself? Does the Dalai Lama as mega-brand, as rock star, as spiritual presence, reinforce such commercial constructions or invite their dismantling?
Read More“The Lord’s Standard of Morality” Promotes LDS Rape Culture
Psychologists, counselors, politicians, friends, parents, or would-be moralists make way for Elder Callister.
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