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Derek Webb Beyond Belief

February 20, 2020 Leave a Comment

Phillip Luke Sinitiere If folk music historically has been an artform of creative social critique, then analysis of Webb’s musical art and artistic production more generally can serve as a collective lens through which to peer into the complex threads of contemporary religion, culture, and politics in the United States.

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Trump and the Apocalypse: Or, the Ribald Religion of New Orleans’ Krewe du Vieux Parade

February 14, 2020 Leave a Comment

Edward E. Curtis IV and Andrea R. Jain This year’s theme was “Erection 2020.”

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What if Satanists Want to Pray in Public Schools? 7 Questions for Joseph P. Laycock

February 11, 2020 2 Comments

Joseph P. Laycock We held a book release party where a Satanist gave the horns and yelled, “Hail Joe!” at me.

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Baptismal Fonts and Brew Halls: A Conversation With “The Church Brew Works” Founder Sean Casey

July 30, 2019 Leave a Comment

Madison Tarleton Over the course of our conversation, Sean continued to ask, “what do you mean by sacred?”

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David Wojnarowicz’s Christ: Symbols of Hope, Corruption, and Violence

July 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Ants scurry across a static crucifix as the figure of Jesus Christ surfaces again and again on screen, sandwiched between bowls of blood, a figure masturbating, couples having sex, and conservative Christian groups—all brought together in one film. Jesus Christ makes many appearances in “David Wojnarowicz: Photography & Film”

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Rembrandt at 350: Light and Shadow in the Modern World

June 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

Louis A. Ruprecht Jr. Perhaps there was a sting of jealous amazement at work here, as Rembrandt notoriously bankrupted in the 1650s and thus worked in grinding poverty for his final decade. The winning and losing of fortune: this is the topsy-turvy, boom-and-bust world of global capital.

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From the Madness of Reefer to the Ecstatic Bliss of Marijuana: The Rise of Cannabis Churches

April 19, 2019 1 Comment

Morgan Shipley However, at the heart of THC Ministry is not a commitment to Christ, but to a foundational and sacred right to use cannabis as a means to raise consciousness, to commune with nature, and, maybe most significantly, “live with modesty, good manners, and humbleness.”

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Modern Shamanism in Turkey

April 08, 2019 Leave a Comment

Murat Sahir The Republic of Turkey was a unique project of modernity. As a secular western state, the Turkish Republic embodied many contradictions, but over time Islam became the inescapable unifying factor of the multi-ethnic nation-state. Today, a clear majority

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Lale to Me: Tulip to You

March 27, 2019 Leave a Comment

Alizeh Ahmad Irony abounds in that the tulip, so wrapped up in Dutch identity, belongs to a people and a set of beliefs that the Dutch seem to find repulsive in today’s political climate.

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Muslim Women Resist: How Mona Haydar Counters Difference through Rap

February 06, 2019 Leave a Comment

Lamiae Aidi Through the lens of media as a form of pedagogy that shapes people’s identities and personas, the music video is a response to stereotypes of a subcategory of Muslim women that is represented as a problematic difference. It reminds women to voice their choice, it reiterates the same message as World Hijab Day.

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