AltWeeklies Wire
Saving Jesusnew
In the aftermath of the election, progressive Christians' faith has been called into question by fundamentalists, their religion is being ridiculed by those who blame them for the GOP victory and many feel that their God has been reduced to a political marketing scheme. Where does the Christian Left go from here?
Boulder Weekly |
Pamela White |
12-03-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
It's Time to Take Religion Backnew
George Bush hasn't earned the photographic halo that a gutless daily newspaper bestowed upon him on Nov. 5's front page. He's among the leaders that have broken one of the Commandments by bearing false witness in concocting lies out of whole cloth that led us into war.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
11-18-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion
I'm a Decent Human Being, Toonew
Christians think homosexuals are hell-bound, but we're actually pretty decent people. And quite a few of us want to love God, too. So let us.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
11-10-2004 |
Commentary
Man's Story of How His Family Drowned Doesn't Hold Waternew
A freak rainstorm carried away Robert Rogers' minivan, killing his wife, children and a Good Samaritan. Rogers tells church crowds he walked away from a "wall of water" that night, but Kansas rescue workers say his account makes no sense.
Arizona Governor Missed Chance to Oppose Polygamy in Utahnew
The governor, known as a champion of women and children, had a rare opportunity during a historic meeting with the leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to demand they take a proactive role in helping the victims of polygamy. She punted.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
10-13-2004 |
Religion
Among the Hebrews of Maui
When Orthodox Jews known as Chabadniks get married, some of them choose to be slichim, which means that they go to live in a distant outpost -- like the Hawaiian island of Maui -- and dedicate their lives to helping Jews live Jewish lives.
Tags: religion
The Sky Is Always Falling, Even Before Planetoid Toutatisnew
As the world awaits the passing — or crashing — of planetoid Toutatis, a writer reflects on the doomsday tradition and our own end-times culture.
New York Press |
David Ritchie |
09-24-2004 |
Religion
Cardinal Mahony Must Turn Over Documentsnew
A Los Angeles judge has stripped Cardinal Roger Mahony of his holy façade and ordered him to turn over 500 documents relating to priests under investigation for sexual abuse to a criminal grand jury.
L.A. Weekly |
Jeffrey Anderson |
09-20-2004 |
Religion
Tags: religion, priest sex abuse, Deputy District Attorney Bill Hodgman, Deputy District Attorney Jane Robison, District Attorney Steve Cooley, Don Steier, Judge Thomas Nuss, Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton, Mahony’s lawyer Mike Hennigan, Michael Baker, Michael Wempe and Stephen Hernandez, Neville Rucker and Michael Wempe, now a bishop in Santa Barbara, Thomas Curry, Vicar for Clergy Stephen Dyer
Kansas City School District Looks to God for Guidancenew
At a mandatory back-to-school rally held at Community of Christ Church, employees of the Kansas City, Missouri, School District, were treated to speeches containing numerous references to God and faith.
Dark Sorcery: Horrific Ritual Murders in Amazonia
Kanaima is a form of Amazonian assault sorcery. It is also a prolonged, torturous way to die. Neil Whitehead, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explains the power and perseverence of kanaima violence in the modern world.
Bishop Takes a Queennew
In LaCrosse, Wis., Bishop Raymond Burke was known not only for his neo-conservative eccentricities but for gathering fringe religious orders, including one that a parishioner alleges included a transgendered nun.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
Immaculate Deception: The Archbishop's Dirty Little Secretsnew
Raymond Burke, the new archbishop of St. Louis, seemed to have tended his garden well while bishop of the Diocese of LaCrosse, which reported a low rate of clergy convictions for sexual misconduct. But some members of his former flock say if clergy sex abuse cases were few and far between, it was because Burke was a master at keeping a lid on them.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
08-27-2004 |
Religion
God of the Flies: Arts Gadfly Tries to Map God on the Tree of Lifenew
Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats will attempt to mutate succeeding generations of his fruit flies into more God-like creatures by playing them prayers for seven days and seven nights.
The Faith of Journalismnew
A heathen editor confronts his own ‘religion.’
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
06-15-2004 |
Media
A Trip Down Peyote Waynew
This Southern Arizona church flouts federal law by offering peyote to all -- for a price.
Tucson Weekly |
Glenn Weyant |
06-09-2004 |
Religion
