The Painful Process of Awakening: Harm and Healing in the Healthy Happy Holy Kundalini Yoga Community May 9, 2021
The Presence of One Man Rule in FLDS Mormonism: Contextualizing an American Religion that Became Synonymous with Abuse April 18, 2021
When Orientalist Fear Meets Post-Colonial Incongruity: The Veil Simplified through Stand-Up December 14, 2020
Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws, and Flawed Science November 21, 2020
Trump and the Apocalypse: Or, the Ribald Religion of New Orleans’ Krewe du Vieux Parade February 14, 2020
What if Satanists Want to Pray in Public Schools? 7 Questions for Joseph P. Laycock February 11, 2020
Baptismal Fonts and Brew Halls: A Conversation With “The Church Brew Works” Founder Sean Casey July 30, 2019
From the Madness of Reefer to the Ecstatic Bliss of Marijuana: The Rise of Cannabis Churches April 19, 2019
An Interview with Jason Francisco, Part 1: Photographing the “Sacred” in “Alive and Destroyed” January 22, 2019
Thanksgiving Rites and Wrongs: Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the American Imagination November 19, 2018
With the Dead in Paradise: American Memorial Day, Floating Lanterns, and Free-Floating Spirituality November 5, 2018
The Body of Fried Chicken and the Blood of Bud Light: Religion Around the Tailgate Table October 1, 2018
A Long Strange Trip: Exploring How Yoga-Narasimha Landed on the Grateful Dead’s First Album Cover July 30, 2018
Colonial Violence, Sacred Power, and Gods of Indian Country: 7 Questions for Jennifer Graber May 3, 2018
Love and Monsters: Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water and its Horror Influences February 28, 2018
Tactile Materiality and Iconic Abundance in Zen? 7 Questions for Pamela Winfield and Steven Heine October 12, 2017
From Bodily Resurrection to Spiritual Machines: Being Human in the Age of Intelligent Machines, Part 2 March 29, 2016
Is Nothing Sacred? Notes from the International Association for the History of Religions September 9, 2015
A Moment of Zen: Reflecting on Jon Stewart as a Sacred Figure in the American Television Landscape July 31, 2015
Satire, Sacredness, and Questioning the Lasting Political Significance of the “Charlie Hebdo” Shootings February 19, 2015
Commerce, Commercialism, Commercialization: How Money Gets Spent and Talked About on Holy Land Tours January 30, 2015
An Interview with Frans de Waal Part 2: Freud, Biology of Morality, and a Secular Ethics October 23, 2014
An Interview with Randall Balmer, Part Two: The Rise of the Religious Right and Jimmy Carter in the 1970s July 8, 2014
Secularity and Secularism, Islam and Muslims: A Conversation between Daniel Martin Varisco and Hasan Azad June 12, 2014
Sacred Spinebusters, Transcendent Toe Holds, Part Two: The Confluence of Religion and Professional Wrestling May 23, 2014
Sacred Spinebusters, Transcendent Toe Holds, Part One: The Confluence of Religion and Professional Wrestling April 9, 2014
An Interview with Shaun Casey, Part Two: Religious Studies and the State Department: Professor Casey’s Scholarly Influences March 27, 2014
An Interview with Shaun Casey, Part Three: Inter-Faith Dialogue and Interdisciplinarity March 27, 2014
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Heart: Learning About the New Age from After School Cartoons March 12, 2014
