Katy Perry’s Evangelical Hangover
Despite an American Idol judging gig, a baby girl with Orlando Bloom on the way,…
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Hank Azaria Offers to Stop Doing Apu. So…Thank You?
This week, Emmy Award-winning actor Hank Azaria finally offered to stop doing the voice of…
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The Passion of the Slayer: On Buffy’s Twentieth, “The Big Bad” Is Still Out There
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To the uninitiated, it sounds like a bad joke. That’s your…
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Captain America: Civil Religion (And Why Donald Trump Thinks He’s Batman)
As of this writing, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War is 2016’s biggest movie worldwide. If pop…
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“Of Kings and Prophets” Producers—a Christian, a Muslim and a Jew—Refuse to Sanitize the Bible
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan stated: “Religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion…
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“Let’s Get in Formation”: Beyoncé’s Spiritual Call for Black Resistance
I don’t like Beyoncé in the way that some people do—I am not a bee in…
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Hating Liberally: Why We ❤️ Zombies
Zombies are the perfect villains for our multiethnic, multireligious, multicultural, interconnected age.
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Don’t Be Tooken In by Kimmy Schmidt‘s Cult
For all its laudable qualities—its complex characters, its unwavering if imperfect commitment to tackling race,…
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The Hyperreal Kimmy Schmidt
Why ridiculous fake religion makes for such great binge-watching.
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What’s Wrong With the Virgin Mary Depicted as a Barbie Doll?
Catholic and Hindu leaders—two religions that normally appreciate religious statues and images—have decried “Barbie: The Plastic…
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