Killing the Buddha

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Dark Mysticism

Dark Mysticism

by Scott Poole

H. P. Lovecraft as soulcraft.

Just a Game

Just a Game

by Jason Anthony

Can a video game be a real religion?

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t

by Quince Mountain

Apparently it still sucks to be gay and evangelical.

Visualizing the Cosmos

Visualizing the Cosmos

by S. Brent Plate

Terrence Malick and an imaginary history of the universe.

Mobilize and Contemplate

Mobilize and Contemplate

by Nathan Schneider

What’s spiritually at stake in The Tree of Life?

The Trouble with Loki

The Trouble with Loki

by Eric Scott

Watching your gods become action heroes in the movie Thor.

Falling Up

Falling Up

by Genevieve Yue

The fate of an unanswered prayer in Brent Green’s Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then.

Killing the Thetan

Killing the Thetan

by J. C. Hallman

On what The New Yorker’s coverage of Scientology lacks.

Mortician or Priest

Mortician or Priest

by Mary Valle

What kind of exorcist do America’s movie theaters really need?

The Sexologist’s Secret

The Sexologist’s Secret

by Arthur Goldwag

What a radical Victorian feminist really knew about love.

Only a God Can Save Us?

Only a God Can Save Us?

by Michael Steinberg

Peter Kingsley and the dangerous dream of a spiritual elite.

Car Culture Audio

Car Culture Audio

by S. Brent Plate

The purposeless driven life of Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs.

What’s Left?

What’s Left?

by Mark Bergen

Daniel Schultz parses a political theology.

All Part of His Plan

All Part of His Plan

by Josh Garrett-Davis

A new book bears witness to Baptist sexual abuse.

Blessing the Childish

Blessing the Childish

by Scott Korb

Jesus as cockblock in Matt Marks’ post-Christian nihilist pop-opera.

High Like a Hasid

High Like a Hasid

by Sabrina Jaszi

Big hats, good money, ecstatic pills.

A Cold and a Broken “Hallelujah”

A Cold and a Broken “Hallelujah”

by Patton Dodd

Leonard Cohen’s song, baptized by American Idol.

Speaking of Science

Speaking of Science

by Brook Wilensky-Lanford

Krista Tippett and her interlocutors take on the “Big Questions.”