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    "Reality" Religion Spireality: "He and his buddies have lots of fun at the lumberyard... They laugh as they hammer the cross together, and Daniel has a real ball trying it out on the floor, joking around with the guys as he lies... [ Continue reading: ]  Freedom Undefined in Afghanistan Sabine Heinlein: How the New York Times accidentally covers up the contradictions of Aghanistan with the euphemisms of "freedom." [ Continue reading: ]  Behind the Passion Horror movie buffs, S&M enthusiasts, and tiger lovers will appreciate these Don Goede's gently disturbing photographs of the backstage scene at a megachurch passion play. [ Continue reading: ] You Say Tomato, I Say Jewish Alex Golub explores why the fact that Jews are like tomatoes doesn't matter in Hawaii, where he teaches cultural anthropology to students who never heard that a guy like Golub is supposed to be good with money.... [ Continue reading: ] Revealer Radio More Revealer-related radio: Revealer books editor Scott M. Korb talks about religious violence with NPR's Scott Simon; Revealer contributor Laurel Snyder does a half hour on Atlanta NPR's "Between the Lines," discussing her terrific new anthology, Half/Life: Jew-Ish Tales from... [ Continue reading: ] Containing the Christian Right "Christianity, the Brand," Strawberry Saroyan's interesting profile of an Christian Right PR man in Sunday's New York Times magazine, is an entry for The Revealer's "Timeless" column not because it's profound journalism, but because the paper of record's repeated rediscovery of the fact that evangelicals are good at marketing is a journalistic episode that seems to exist out of time. Have they no access to their own archives? How many times must they report this story? [ Continue reading: ] Shunning the Bunny "Resurrection Day" aftermath: We're a day late with this one, but that's no reason you shouldn't listen to "Shunning the Bunny," an NPR "Weekend Edition" report on Easter-hating Christians by Revealer comrade Fred Mogul.... [ Continue reading: ] Almost Visible Angeline Huang wonders why the press can't see pro-choice clergy. [ Continue reading: ] Beyond 7th Heaven Amol Anil Mhatre: The Camden family of the WB Network’s "7th Heaven" will finally reach their reward this spring. No, they don't die in a fiery car crash. The Christian-values family drama ends its 10-year-run at the end of the 2006 regular television season. The death of a show about a minister and his seven kids is more than a loss to its fans. The cancellation, due to heavily declining ratings, seems to signal a new, dare we say agnostic, era on network television... 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Seymour Herch, Iran, nuclear
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"Eyal Press" "Absolute Convictions" abortion slepian kopp "francis schaeffer" "rod parsley" buffalo pro-life pro-choice
Faith, Reason, and Murder Jeff Sharlet in Columbia Journalism Review on Eyal Press' Absolute Convictions: An intimate history of Buffalo’s abortion wars neglects reason's role in the faith of a killer. [ Continue reading: ]  Devil Went Down to Georgia Ralph Reed loses his soul: The Nation's Bob Moser follows the Reed-Abramoff money trail through Georgia, down to the Delta states, even to China and back, to draw the outline of a scandal that reaches Teapot Dome -- or perhaps... [ Continue reading: ] |