Religion Dispatches
“Religious enthusiasm” or the American apocalyptic can be read as modes of the disaffection of the citizen in a time of political delegitimation. We often see this “religion” taking shape most clearly when we focus all the way down, to the odd hybrid of melancholy and triumphalism in these assertions about Damascus.
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I’d start singing, “I’m getting married in the morning” from My Fair Lady, only Gary and I are both officially members of GLAM (Gays and Lesbians Against Musicals), and he just wouldn’t have it.
Read MoreThe week in religion, freeze-dried and shrink-wrapped for the reader on the go.
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Read MoreThis episode perhaps works better as a parable of romance than a parable of religion. But popular religion in the Christian tradition has placed a lot of focus on…
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Perhaps it is time to stop asking whether religion or science offers a better explanation of natural phenomena, and instead ask whether we find a certain religious vision compelling…
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Episode 6: Vampires of Venice
Read MoreIs it simply good fortune that humans have so many food options that are both non-sentient and delicious?
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