AltWeeklies Wire
How One Former TV Reporter Brought His Sky Gospel to the Peoplenew

Former TV-news reporter Jack Borden found transcendental peace in the cloudy sky, and he's determined to spread his stratospheric gospel to everyone -- even Jessica Simpson.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
08-20-2008 |
Religion
The Wars Over Evolution Are Louder Than Evernew

One more time: who made the world? God? Natural selection? Or some ineffable combination of the two? Tuning into what Ben Stein, Bad Religion, and a physics prof from Massachusetts have to say about the latest attempts to justify the ways of God to man.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
05-12-2008 |
Religion
"Evil Incarnate," "For Pete's Sake," "Bliss and Oblivion"new
AltWeeklies Award - Music Criticism
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Mutiny in Heavennew
Philip Pullman's fantasy novels are condemned as a crash course in militant atheism. But one BU professor thinks otherwise.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
12-11-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Trash Talknew
Everything we do degrades or exhausts the world. Somewhere, in a realm we cannot quite grasp or visualize, we are blowing it every second. The stress alone could kill us.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
11-08-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
More Angels in Americanew

Has well-traveled atheist Christopher Hitchens ever had doubts about his doubts?
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
09-24-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Holy Warnew

There's no doubt about it: right now, God is on the side of the atheists.
Boston Phoenix |
James Parker |
06-07-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion