AltWeeklies Wire
Christian Jihadnew

Members of the anti-gay, anti-abortion, anti-Islam group Operation Save America justify the protest tactics that some find unsettling.
Boulder Weekly |
Grace Hood |
08-05-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Born Again to Be Wild: Burning Rubber With Bikers for Jesusnew

Christian motorcycle ministries are spreading the Gospel on two wheels -- but will they succeed in their mission to convert hard-core bikers into born-again disciples?
Metro Times |
Sarah Klein |
07-13-2005 |
Religion
'Washing of the Brain'new
A new allegation surfaces in the already strange story of the New Gnostic Church.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
05-18-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Quitting the Cultnew
James King had dozens of people under his sway, and his obscure New Gnostic Church had few issues with the outside world -- until he and his mistress seduced the 17-year-old daughter of two church members.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
05-04-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Pope and Circumstancenew
Those giving archconservative Benedict XVI the benefit of the doubt are straining to see a more-liberal Church dating back to Vatican II, one that never really existed.
Boston Phoenix |
Michael Bronski |
04-29-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Pills Behind the Counternew
If pharmacists don't feel comfortable dispensing certain pills, then they should find different work.
Tucson Weekly |
Connie Tuttle |
04-28-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: religion, birth control
Father Knows Best

To some Fred Phelps is a "walking hate crime." To others, he's the loving patriarch of a big family. Either way, the clan is coming to Santa Fe to protest the city's gay-friendly attitude.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
04-20-2005 |
LGBT
Attackers Shared Faith With Their Gay Victimnew
A single force shaped four young men in Washington State: the three who were just convicted of a hate crime and their gay victim, Micah Painter. They all had Evangelical Christian upbringings by very religious fathers.
The Stranger |
Eli Sanders |
04-04-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
In God He Trustsnew
Progressive evangelical Jim Wallis says the religious left and middle are rising against the right. "[T]he privatizing of faith is the great evangelical heresy of our day. Again, God is personal and never private. Let’s talk about a public God who cares about the world."
Jackson Free Press |
John Sawyer |
03-24-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Jesus Geek Superstarnew
Michael Marcavage has revealed many different faces: the savvy pundit, the devout muckraker, the confused adolescent, the calculating bigot. But just what does the Great White Hope of the radical right believe in?
Philadelphia City Paper |
Doron Taussig |
02-03-2005 |
Religion
Tags: religion
I'm Not Superstitious--but My Point Guard Wishes I Wasnew
Is superstition for the birds? What about in the world of sports?
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
01-28-2005 |
Commentary
How Would Jesus Vote?new
All year, questions of spiritual interpretation were inseparable from elections and public policy.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
12-23-2004 |
Religion
Networks Censor Church's Commercial About Inclusion
All three major networks turned down ads claiming that the United Church of Christ welcomes everyone because the implication that other churches don't was considered too controversial.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Robin R. Meyers |
12-17-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
The Rise of the Religious Leftnew

There is a group of religious folks -- rarely mentioned by major media outlets -- in Mississippi and across the nation. Tired of having their God's name used to support political ideas they don't like, they’re now ready to mobilize and speak up.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
12-09-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Is Bush the Antichrist?new

A Seattle minister's contention that Dubya is doing the devil's work signals an apocalyptic battle between Christians right and left.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
12-09-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion