Keep These Satanists Out of Congress!
When Republicans turn Satanic Panic on their own.
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The Two Mythologies Behind True Detective Come Crashing Down in Finale
A struggle between two modern and intertwined mythologies of evil, True Detective ultimately fell back on the easiest of formulas.
Read MoreAs Cambodia Erupts in Protest, a Stolen Buddhist Relic Ignites Anger
“I was quite shocked upon learning of the relic’s loss,” said former prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh in a rare public statement released days after the disappearance. “As a Buddhist and the one who listed Buddhism as the state religion in the 1993 constitution, I am extremely sad, completely grievous for the loss of the Buddha relics which were a happy, peaceful, prosperous, and holy thing for our respectful country.”
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Harold Camping, Prophet of Apocalypse, Dies at 92
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Religion without God: “Cults,” Pious Atheists, and Our Own Human Bodies
Tired old Protestant-inflected definitions of “religion” are losing hold in diverse Western nations. And it’s about time.
Read MoreOn the 20th Anniversary of Waco
Why are people attracted to living charismatic leaders?
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“Cult” Cinema Comes of Age
While Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master provides the latest (and greatest) vantage point, 2011 saw the release of three solid films on the topic. Why now?
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Parent, Prophet, Con-Man, Spy: Who Was Rev. Moon?
A few years ago during a college break, when my floor was deserted and peaceful, a middle-aged couple stopped by my office door looking for someone who taught religion. “We’re from the Unification Church,” the man said. I gasped. The Moonies! was my immediate, rather graceless thought. With great excitement, and flashbacks to news reports of mass weddings dancing through my head, I composed myself and invited them in to chat. They seemed pleasantly surprised that I knew what the Unification Church was and, perhaps most of all, that I hadn’t shut the door in their faces.
Read MoreThinking Clearly about Anti-Mormon Prejudice
Jeffress controversy leads to media reflection.
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