AltWeeklies Wire
Mayor Menino's Mosquenew
A few weeks ago the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center finally opened its doors for prayer -- five years late, millions over budget, and still far from complete. The bizarre story behind the construction of the city's most controversial building.
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
11-19-2008 |
Politics
The Christian Right Embraces Video Gamesnew
The Christian right has figured out that, instead of rallying against video games as morally deficient purveyors of violence and apathy, it's better off embracing them as a medium for spreading the message of God.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
11-17-2008 |
Video Games
Truckin' with Jesus: Searching for Redemption on Hardscrabble Highwaysnew
Transport for Christ runs 33 truck-stop chapels nationwide, part of a web of more than 100 chapels across the continent. People of the road need churches that take their circumstances into account and ministers who won't judge them, chaplain Dave Quignon says.
Pasadena Weekly |
S. Howard Bransford |
11-17-2008 |
Religion
John Hagee Recovers from Surgery and Finds Himself in Barack Obama's Americanew
When Hagee returns to the helm at the Cornerstone Church on Nov. 16, he will deliver his first sermon as a citizen of Barack Obama's America, and it's safe to say he won't be one of the new administration's most ardent boosters. But has his brand of Armageddon fear-mongering run its course?
San Antonio Current |
Gilbert Garcia |
11-14-2008 |
Religion
The XXXChurch Brings its Mission of Fighting Porn Addiction to Vegasnew
The XXXChurch ministers to people addicted to porn, largely by attending porn conventions and handing out literature.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Richard Abowitz |
11-10-2008 |
Religion
Can We Get Back to Something Besides Elections?new
Now that the election is over, perhaps the media will decide to tell us about the other important things going on in the world; better still, they may quit flogging the same tired stories we've seen over and over and over.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
11-07-2008 |
Commentary
Diane Wilson's Memoir of Her Fundamentalist Upbringing is a Delightnew
Holy Roller: Growing Up in the Church of the Knock Down, Drag Out; Or, How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus describes Wilson's Pentecostal upbringing in a tiny fishing town in Texas, where residents were ruled by poverty, labor, elaborate religious mores, and corrupt authorities.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
11-06-2008 |
Nonfiction
Polygamy and Menew
Seven months have passed since the polygamist raid in Eldorado, but for one mainstream Mormon, the effects linger.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-03-2008 |
Religion
'Godless Atheist' in Elizabeth Dole Ad is Actually a Bible Teachernew
This week, Republican U.S. Sen, Elizabeth Dole began running a statewide 30-second TV ad linking her opponent, Kay Hagan, to godless atheists. But one of the alleged atheists pictured in the ad is Rick Stone, a former Bible teacher, and a current theology student at Harvard Divinity School.
Wovenhand Frontman David Eugene Edwards on God, Goth and Guitarsnew
Edwards' themes of sin and salvation ring with an authenticity that can, for some, be genuinely uncomfortable. And while I've long been an admirer of both his bands, only recently did I realize just how serious Edwards actually is.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Was Sarah Palin Sent By God?new
To hear some supporters tell it, a road-map drawn by God led the GOP veep nominee from Alaska to New Hampshire -- by way of Ohio. Has the GOP veep nominee transformed from jester to Queen Esther?
Boston Phoenix |
David S. Bernstein |
10-23-2008 |
Politics
Wiccans Go to Collegenew
Campus witches have no brooms, no bleeding goats. Just cookies. Sorry.
Boston Phoenix |
Sara Faith Alterman |
10-21-2008 |
Education
The GOP Puts All its Political Eggs in the Specious Attack Basketnew
Whether the event -- real or cooked up -- is a sexual indiscretion, tenuous association with someone with an unsavory past or extremist religious views, Democrats seem to get stuck and their GOP counterparts are able to just slip-slide their slimy way through the muck. Why is that?
Pasadena Weekly |
Ellen Snortland |
10-20-2008 |
Commentary
Battling Scientologynew
The idea of locking legal horns with the notoriously litigious Church of Scientology might be enough to cool the ardor of some critics. But that's not Gregg Housh's style.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Faraone |
10-16-2008 |
Religion
Bill Maher's Cross to Bearnew
Maher has been hammering away forever at institutionalized faith, but Religulous, which Lionsgate quixotically plans to position as an Oscar contender in the documentary category, raises the bar to a whole new dimension of attack, as you might expect from a movie with Borat director Larry Charles at the helm.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
10-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
