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The Naked Game

By Airia Gneiss | December 9, 2020

Betsy told me to play the husband. I said yes, but I didn’t want to—in the Naked Game no one ever played the boy—we were just girls, being ourselves.

"<a href="testng">Oh God</a> Oh God Oh God"

Evidence of Your Journey

By Meera Subramanian | February 13, 2015

From our new e-book,Oh God Oh God Oh God: Essays on Sex and Religion, available now!

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Faith as Addiction?

By S. Brent Plate | January 21, 2014

Re-viewing Oscar nominee Steve McQueen’s Shame

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Dear Nancy

By Darcey Steinke | August 8, 2013

People get cancer; mothers lose sons in war; babies die; but here she is, heartbroken because I sexted you, Nancy, a middle-aged hippie lady who writes bad slam poetry.

Detail of "Blood drainage," from the series "Sangre Menstrual" by gaelx, via Flickr.

Magic Menstrual Mummies

By Frank Schaeffer | May 23, 2011

A boy discovers that there are right and wrong kinds of blood.

"Adam and Eve - (almost anatomically correct!) bar tools set" by EraPhernalia Vintage (here . . . every now & then) via Flickr

Adam’s Family Jewels

By Tibor Krausz | January 7, 2010

Keep that Bible out of reach of children.

Photo by the author.

Blessings & Booty

By Kate Pond | September 24, 2009

She would love to be a saint, but she can’t seem to stop herself.

Hojo-san & Myo-e by Tenku via Flickr

Zen and the Art of Hostessing

By Y.B. Shiraz | August 17, 2009

After all, Buddhist monks are men too.

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No French Kisses

By Sarah Keller | August 15, 2009

There is a transcendent and overarching God at work. His kisses taste like chocolate.

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Naked and Guilty

By Jeff Sharlet | March 16, 2009

Young Christians encounter sex, violence, and the eros of evangelicalism in a Texas hell house.

By W. David Powell

Love

By Greg Bottoms | March 5, 2009

This is what you do when you love someone. Not just like. Only if you’re in love.

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Where’s the Love?

By Meera Subramanian | February 14, 2009

Indian canoodling couples face the wrath of the Sri Ram Sene.

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Bible Porn

By Erik Hanson | August 14, 2004

Sometimes corrupting children is a religious duty.

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Ignoble Truths

By Kate Brandt | September 13, 2002

Life’s a bitch and then you die. Sex, suffering, and the Buddha’s First Noble Truth.

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Buddherotica

By Jeff Wilson | February 14, 2002

Sneak a peek at Siddhartha’s not-so-immaculate conception.

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Seeing Things

By Bia Lowe | November 28, 2001

Love incites our imaginations, the sky demands our projections, and yet we’re still blind. Can desire alone make us see?

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The Pope Converts

By Mark D. Jordan | December 21, 2000

When will the Roman Catholic Church come out of the theological closet?

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The Mucus

By Mary Valle | November 13, 2000

Catholics. Sex. Insert punchline here.