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The Last Word
January 8, 2008
Seven years. That’s how long it's been since KillingTheBuddha.com began. Seven! That’s 63 in Web years. When KtB was born, there were no blogs; Salon was big news; the guy who started Facebook was in junior high.
Old enough to know better, young enough to find something else to do, we who have been here since the first day have moved on to writing books, having babies, and publishing in magazines that use actual paper. Much as we wish we could keep KtB going, there’s just no more time.
It has been great fun making this site happen. Many thanks to all who rode along with us. If there’s something we’ve published that you can’t live without, have no fear: We’ll leave the archive up until the internets fall down. |
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The Real Truth About Alien Abductions
April 24, 2007 |
By Marissa Kantor
Ever dream of flying or doctors or military men? You might be an abductee. |
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The Colorful Apocalypse
March 16, 2007 |
By Greg Bottoms
What does it take to be an "outsider artist"? Brushes, paint, and revelation. |
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How to Make a Marytr
February 24, 2007 |
By Martyn Oliver
Of two hangings in Baghdad, one ancient and one modern, with the same result. |
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Notes on an Empty Church
January 11, 2007 |
By Blake Lambert
The biggest church in the world has plenty of room in the pews. |
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Let's Pretend
December 3, 2006 |
By Peter Manseau
A clash of civilizations, or a failure of the imagination? |
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Prime Directive
October 30, 2006 |
By David Griffith
This Halloween, how about wearing a truly monstrous costume? A haunting excerpt from A Good War is Hard to Find. |
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Articulate Enemy
October 11, 2006 |
By Bethany Saltman
A Buddhist responds to a snarky polemic against a faith not her own. |
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The Happiness of Alligators
September 20, 2006 |
By Meera Subramanian
Did the father of American environmentalism have God on the brain? |
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Searching for Sufis
August 4, 2006 |
By Jill Hamburg Coplan
How to find a mystic hiding in plain sight. |
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You Must Draw a Long Bead to Shoot a Fish
June 15, 2006 |
By Jeff Sharlet
A story of reading, dying, and being two things at once, from the new book Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes. |
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Call to Prayer
April 29, 2006 |
By Sahar Kaghazi
As regimes come and go, faith drifts through the air in Iran. |
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Four Tables
April 10, 2006 |
By Margaret Schwartz
A Passover story of family and wine from the new book Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes. |
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My Holy Ghost People
March 21, 2006 |
By Ashley Michelle Makar
When a family speaks in tongues, can an unbelieving daughter find her voice? |
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How Do I Look?
February 20, 2006 |
By Jeff Guhin
Confessions of a reluctant and righteous fashionista. |
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The Right to Blaspheme
February 3, 2006 |
By Christopher Orlet
"God is not mocked," and other proposed editorial guidelines. |
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The Cross and the Color Line
January 16, 2006 |
By Timothy B. Tyson
From the KtB archive: Southern memories of murder, King, and a child's stubborn hope. |
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If Brooke Hurley Had Breasts, She Would Not be Dancing With Ben Tel
January 11, 2006 |
By Jeff Sharlet
A Young Judaean gets some lessons in love, ladies' footware, and leaving room for the Holy Ghost. |
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Xmas in the Lions' Den
December 21, 2005 |
By Eileen Myles
KtB's holiday favorite: A story of mean dogs, Long Island, and other hazards of the season. |
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Tongue Kissing
December 7, 2005 |
By Peter Manseau
The odd romance of relics and the people who love them. |
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The Conditional Jew
November 12, 2005 |
By Lisa Selin-Davis
A child of hippies wonders when she is what she is, and why. |
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Into the Flood
September 2, 2005 |
By Philipp Meyer
An EMT drives from Texas to Louisiana to do what he can. |
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The Only Jew for Miles
August 17, 2005 |
By Gordon Haber
In search of Poland's Black Madonna, a pilgrim travels farther than he'd planned. |
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A Slut for Faith
August 1, 2005 |
By Laurel Snyder
Leaving God at the altar, and other tips for marital bliss. |
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Church-Mart
July 7, 2005 |
By Colby Fisher
You can find whatever you're looking for, but please don't read the label. |
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Night Train to Marrakech
June 27, 2005 |
By Reza Aslan
When cultures clash in the close quarters of a sleeper car, there's no place to stand but in between. |
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The Singing, Not the Song
June 19, 2005 |
By Rob Walker
From the KtB archives (and Rob's new book): What happens when a godless music fan falls hard for a gospel choir? |
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White Ashes
May 25, 2005 |
By Jeff Wilson
"If Buddha had played a trick like that on me, I would've torn his goddamn head off." |
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Running, Returning
May 16, 2005 |
By Peter Bebergal
Akron/Family is a band intent on effing the ineffable. |
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Sinners in the Hands of Angry Evangelical
May 4, 2005 |
By Jeff Sharlet
Jonathan Edwards and the making of America. |
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Exodus
April 22, 2005 |
By Francine Prose
A Passover reading from Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible. |
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Reading Niebuhr Instead
April 11, 2005 |
By Scott Korb
A Christian realist for the reality-based community. |
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Convicted
March 30, 2005 |
By Matthew Moran
An ex-con challenges his teammate's faith. |
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Bump
March 30, 2005 |
By Jeff Sharlet
A New Testament spin on an Old Testament game. |
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Waiting for Chitwood
from the KtB archive:
September 2004 |
By Scott Korb
On a court in Brooklyn, they can name the twelve apostles, but playing the dozens isn't allowed. |
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Singing the Passion
March 23, 2005 |
By Sue Russell
A Jewish chorist tries to harmonize with the Gospel of John. |
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Prayer for You
January 22, 2005 |
By Rob Breznsy
A plea for a new year that will surely need many. |
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The Second Coming
March 1, 2008
Watch this space for news on future KtB projects. At least four former editors have new books in the works, and the long awaited Killing the Buddha anthology may yet give this site a second (or is it third?) life.
Yes, yes, we know we've said before that KtB would rise again -- and every time it's been true!
Turns out there's a new crowd of Buddha killers clamoring to make some holy mischief under the god-for-the-godless banner. Call it KtB 2.0; call it KtB: The Next Generation; call it KtB Episode IV: A New Hope.
Whatever it will be, it's coming soon...
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Take this Bread
April 2, 2007 |
By Sara Miles
An unlikely convert learns that believing and understanding don't always arrive at the same time. |
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St. Patrick’s Purim Shpiel
March 3, 2007
(from the KtB archive) |
By Benjamin Weiner
When in Dublin do as the Dubliners. Jews bloom in Joyce’s hometown. |
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I Was a Zen Drop-Out
February 7, 2007 |
By Laura Hawes
When a teacher of Buddhism ditches meditation for motherhood, the real enlightenment begins. |
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Behind the Santa Suit
December 13, 2006 |
By Tim Lash
Lost in Yonkers with Old Saint Nick. |
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The Temple Door
November 10, 2006 |
By Danielle Trussoni
The daughter of a damaged Vietnam vet returns to the scene of the crime. |
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The Word Made Strange
October 19, 2006 |
By Peter Manseau
How does the son of fallen clergy rebel? By trying to become a monk. |
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The Choice is Yours
October 5, 2006 |
By J.C. Hallman
How would William James rate on a Scientology E-meter? An excerpt from the new book, The Devil is a Gentleman. |
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Seeing Ourselves
September 11, 2006 |
A KtB Remembrance
Five years ago we watched, grieved, and learned a new way of seeing. |
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Buddha Mail
September 3, 2006 |
By KtB Readers
Your thoughts on dating Jesus, scrubbing Buddha, and hiding from the Holy Ghost. |
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God and Guitars
August 21, 2006 |
By Joel Hartse
Seven Day Jesus: a Christian rock band that actually rocked. |
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For God and Country
July 15, 2006 |
By Elizabeth Rich
When an outsider goes to church on the Fourth of July, fireworks follow. |
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Satan is Real
June 6, 2006 |
By Lorin Stein
A 6/6/6 special from the KtB archive: The Louvin Brothers' High Lonesome Theology, walking the line between the devil and camp. |
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Jesus and I Broke Up
April 14, 2006 |
By Owen Egerton
Just in time for Easter: Fifty ways to leave your savior. |
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Pushing Monks
March 28, 2006
(from the KtB archive) |
By Jeremy Richards
Lost at sea on a flotilla of enlightenment. |
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A Whole Lot of Stupid
March 13, 2006 |
By Martyn Oliver
What does it take to turn bad cartoons into deadly riots? |
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The Temptation of Belief
February 10, 2006 |
By Bethany Saltman
What happens when you envy those whose faith you fear? |
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Brand Name Buddhism
January 26, 2006 |
By Melissa Benner
It's okay to get dirty, so long as you know how to get your karma clean. |
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Revising Night
January 17, 2006 |
By Peter Manseau
From the KtB archive: Elie Wiesel and the Hazards of Holocaust Theology. |
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Vow to Bow
January 04, 2006 |
By Sumi Loundon
When your New Year's resolution honors Buddha, slacking off has karmic consequences. |
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Motherly Love
December 13, 2005 |
By Diana Winston
Thus spoke Buddha's mother: Fine, fine, be enlightened. Would it kill you to call now and then? |
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Running on Faith
November 18, 2005 |
By Rebecca Beyer
Chasing answers, one step at a time. |
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Tehorah
November 7, 2005 |
By David Harris Ebenbach
Preaching purity, a man with a mission finds out how messy life can be. |
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Days of Awe, part 1: Blow Your Own Horn
October 3, 2005 |
By Micah Gil
A happy new year? Shofar, shogood. |
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Days of Awe, part 2: To Pardon All Our Fucking Inequities
October 3, 2005 |
By Laurel Snyder
A half-Jew writes her own Yom Kippur prayer. |
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Sitting Shiva
September 21, 2005 |
By Benjamin Weiner
Two lovers retrace the scars that brought them together. |
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Getting Clean
August 24, 2005 |
By Emma Snyder
What is the sound of one hand washing again and again and again? |
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Seashell
August 9, 2005 |
By Holiday Reinhorn
In a church-basement support group, help is where you find it. |
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It Makes Great Press
July 25, 2005 |
By Peter Smith
A group of New England Buddhists finds Zen in the art of panhandling -- but at what cost? |
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Naked in the House of God
May 4, 2005 |
By Emily Capps
After a lifetime hearing voices, a young woman tangles with a new faith. |
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The Last Papal Picture Show
April 1, 2005 |
By Peter Manseau
The life, death, and ever-changing image of an icon. |
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My Kitty
January 22, 2005 |
By Nancy Zjaba
Losing faith in the God of purring house pets. |
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The Moderate
June 27, 2005 |
By Abbas Zaidi
A tale of Westernization, lubricated by beer. |
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Nana Dharma
May 25, 2005 |
By Mark DeCarteret
A poet discovers hardscrabble haiku in his grandmother's moans and musings. |
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Reading Signs for the General
May 12, 2005 |
By Sean Manseau
When the stars fail to align, a fortune teller makes her own future. |
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Grace
March 21, 2005 |
By Bia Lowe
A prayer before meals -- those we eat, and those we are. |
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The Soul Molecule
March 14, 2005 |
By Steve Almond
They are among us, and they are watching what they eat. |
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Praying the Deus ex Machina
March 8, 2005 |
By Daniel Silliman
Can words pull God from his machine? |
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Kosher Cooking for What Ails You
June 10, 2005 |
By Abigail Pickus
When the going gets tough, the tough get to Mrs. Greenbaum's kitchen. |
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