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An Interview with Shaun Casey: Religion and Presidential Politics

March 25, 2014 Comments are off

When Secretary of State John Kerry launched the new Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives (OFBCI), he extolled the importance and urgency of religious studies:  “In fact if I went back to college today I think I would probably major in

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Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Heart: Learning About the New Age from After School Cartoons

March 12, 2014 Comments are off

  By Beth Singler “Captain Planet, he’s our hero, Gonna take pollution down to zero, He’s our powers magnified, And he’s fighting on the planet’s side.” Travel back with me now through the mists of time to when dinosaurs roamed

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The Bible in Comics: Genesis

March 05, 2014 Leave a Comment

  By Beth Davies-Stofka, PhD The Bible was written on scrolls, papyri, and parchment and rendered in languages ancient or dead. For some religious people, it would seem an act of disrespect, if not sacrilege, to translate its stories and lessons

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The Link between Anti-Gay Church Teachings and the Millennial Exodus

March 05, 2014 1 Comment

  By Daniel Cox Ask someone born after 1980 whether they know anyone who has left his or her childhood religion and the answer will likely be yes. In fact, many Millennials, adults who are between the ages of eighteen and

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Muslim Men: Please Shut Up about Women!

February 26, 2014 Comments are off

By Amanullah De Sondy A recent Pew Research Center study indicated how “people” in various Muslim countries “prefer” Muslim women to dress. The results are varied from fully veiled dress to no veil at all. There seems to be no

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Why I Still Love Disney, or, Imagineering Religion

February 11, 2014 Leave a Comment
Disney World Main Street at Night

  By S. Brent Plate This is the sign that hangs over the entrance to Disneyland, less than an hour from where I grew up in Southern California. I realize some people save up for years to drive the kids

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Sanctifying the Senses: Thoughts on Beyoncé as Liberative Praxis

January 21, 2014 Comments are off

By Alexis S. Wells If accepting imperfections and eschewing insecurities are a female rite of passage, then in her self-titled visual album, Beyoncé establishes herself as one of pop culture’s preeminent guides. Since its surprise release through iTunes, the collection

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Why Do Americans Seem So Religious?

January 21, 2014 Comments are off

By E. Brooks Holifield Many Western Europeans think of Americans as hopelessly, bafflingly, and dangerously religious. Many Americans think of Western Europeans as distressingly, inexplicably, and unrelentingly secular. In 2009, the German sociologist Hans Joas observed that “it is widely

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Holy Smoke

January 21, 2014 Comments are off

By Shalom Goldman Since the 1960s many in America’s alternative religious communities have embraced the use of marijuana and other mind-altering substances in their religious rituals. By hearkening back to Native American rites, these religious practitioners can point to a

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January 21, 2014 Comments are off

  By Louis A. Ruprecht Jr.  I was delighted when I first heard of the possibility that this important new online journal was to be created. I was even more delighted when asked to participate in its creation, formation, and custodial

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