The New Age Fantasy of a Celtic Church that Revered Nature and the Divine Feminine Never Existed — So What?
From Fifth Avenue to Dorchester Heights, this St. Patrick’s Day will feature the traditional uilleann…
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Pop-Culture Angels Are More Than Just Embarrassing Kitsch
Cloying sentimentality, saccharine pablum, ridiculous camp and embarrassing kitsch—in the contemporary moment the word “angel”…
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From Civil Rights Liberals to New Age Conspiracy Theorists — What Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Reveals About America
In 1961, driving back from a short vacation, Betty and Barney Hill encountered a bright…
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Top Five (Less Sensational, But More Dangerous) Things to Remember About Pat Robertson (1930-2023)
Sure, it’s easy to poke fun at Pat Robertson for his 2,000-pound leg press claims or to scold him for his vile Haiti comments, but Robertson thrives on the ‘persecution.’ Our list spins the Robertson moral differently and shows just why he’s been a truly dangerous figure.
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Pelosi Attacker’s New Age Spirituality and Belief in QAnon is no Contradiction
Around 3 a.m. on October 28, David DePape attacked Paul Pelosi, Speaker of the House…
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Do Stormy Daniels’ Beliefs in the Paranormal Make Her Unfit to Testify in Lawsuit Against Her Former Attorney?
Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who rose to prominence as a result of her…
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QAnon isn’t a Cult — a Problematic Term — But Michael Protzman’s Q-Adjacent ‘Negative48’ Certainly Is
QAnon isn’t a cult. I know we want it to be, as numerous pundits have…
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What Can a Real Life Haunting Tell Us About American Religion? [Updated]
While researching ghost hunters in the 21st century US during the course of earning my…
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A New Mormon Religion Has Taken QAnon Conspiracies and Canonized Them as Doctrine
Over the last year, I’ve scrolled past social media posts by members of diverse religious…
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Is Being Trans a Religion? Why the Christian Right Wants You to Think So
Have you noticed how common it is for right-wingers to describe things they oppose in…
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