Hulu’s ‘Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia’ Shows That We Can No Longer Ignore Connections Between Religion and Drugs
If surveyed about the relationship between religion and drugs, I’d wager that a majority would…
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Q Shaman’s New Age-Radical Right Blend Hints at the Blurring of Seemingly Disparate Categories
By now we’ve all seen the pictures, saturating our social media landscapes with their grotesque…
Read More2017 Around the World: Progress and Persecution For LGBT People
Journalist Masha Gessen dubbed 2017 “the year Russian LGBT persecution defied belief.” Pink News called…
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Status Updates at the End of the World: The Religious Imagination and Our Latest Apocalypse
Revelations abound. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires crowd the news, alongside genocide, terrorism, and rogue state…
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Eclipseville, USA: The Birthplace of ‘Little Green Men’ Proudly Hosts The Point of Greatest Eclipse
There’s a lot happening in Hopkinsville, Kentucky the weekend of August 18. The town is…
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The Theology of Westboro: The “World’s Meanest Church” Is More Than Picket Signs
Why sacrifice so much—money, reputation, friendships, romantic relationships—to this cause?
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How Would Religion Respond to Extraterrestrials? A Thought Experiment
It has now been almost two weeks since the press conference in Guizhou, China announcing that a…
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Can You Make a Comedy About UFO Cult Mass Suicide?
Austin-based filmmaker David Jones is going to try.
Read MoreRaelians Push White House for Alien Embassy to Save Humanity
Although it seems like a late April Fool’s prank, a press release from the Raelian…
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From The Virgin Mary to a Housewife in Queens: Inside The Seer of Bayside
Every June 18 for more than 25 years, Veronica Lueken—a Catholic housewife from Bayside, Queens—gathered…
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