No Utopias
witness

No Utopias

by Robert Jensen

“Hope is a kind of religion, and religions don’t work.”

exegesis
The Moon is Elsewhere

The Moon is Elsewhere

by Ananya Vajpeyi

The presence—or absence—of the gods can make a Hindu out of even the most secular.

witness
Middle Ground with Jerry Falwell?

Middle Ground with Jerry Falwell?

by Aaron Leonard

An interview With Gina Welch, author of In the Land of Believers.

dispatch
Dear god,

Dear god,

by Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

An angry letter about Haiti from a pissed-off Pentecostal preacher.

dogma
Heresy Is a Cradle

Heresy Is a Cradle

by Arthur Goldwag

Anne Hutchinson’s “No in Thunder.”

exegesis
Still Just a Comic Book

Still Just a Comic Book

by Garrett Baer

Asterios Polyp and the fate of life lived through modernism.

confession
Para Purgatorio

Para Purgatorio

by Kayla Placencio

Stuck in the middle with you.

exegesis
You Call <em>That</em> God?

You Call That God?

by Tibor Krausz

Why Karen Armstrong’s Case for God isn’t one.

witness
Fluent in Silence

Fluent in Silence

by Stephen Prothero

Was J.D. Salinger crazy—or just quiet?

exegesis
Against Closure

Against Closure

by Graham Hillard

Why television’s Lost should resist the urge to tell all.

exegesis
Into the Weird

Into the Weird

by Alexander Zaitchik

Mitch Horowitz unleashes America’s occult past.

crucifiction
The Ice King

The Ice King

by Quince Mountain

An unexpected catch on Fish-O-Rama weekend.

psalm
Sermon Fire

Sermon Fire

by Adam Moorad

A cut-up/erasure of the Buddha’s Fire Sermon.

damNation
Who’s Amish Now?

Who’s Amish Now?

by Ann Neumann

Is avoiding the health care mandate worth fastening your clothes with straight pins?

confession
A Fresh End

A Fresh End

by Zachary Redfearne

He was supposed to go up and never come down.

exegesis
Astral Procrastination

Astral Procrastination

by Gordon Haber

Why is it so hard to face up to one’s astrological nature?

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