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Dante, not a cannibal.

Hannibal Lecter’s Harrowing of Hell

By Peter Manseau | February 16, 2001

From the Inferno to Paradise with a cannibal pilgrim.

Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto

Princessing Lessons

By Tom Bradley | February 16, 2001

No need for jumbo-jets full of pre-pubescent sex slaves, Japan’s Great Goddess has arrived.

Killing the Buddha

Mmm, Doughnuts

By Jeff Sharlet | February 14, 2001

Looking for an effective way to get your militant evangelical point across? Try fried goodness. They’re holy.

Killing the Buddha

The Divine Economy

By KtBniks | February 13, 2001

Faith-Based Initiative: “Will religion rule the White House, or is Bush offering an IPO of the Lord?”

zen_mind

Zen Mind, Alkie Mind

By Martha G. | February 9, 2001

Lust, Liquor, and Bill W.’s Elegant American Buddhism.

Riders for God

Real Death Angels

By Rich Remsberg | February 2, 2001

Confesssions of an outlaw Christian biker.

This Members of the Moors, a Negro religious group of Chicago, Illinois. By Russell Lee

Old-Timey Timebomb

By Jeff Sharlet | February 1, 2001

Michael Lesy’s Long Time Coming is a coffee table book that ticks.

Jew Like Me

Jew Like Me

By Peter Manseau | January 8, 2001

Undercover in Brooklyn’s mosh pit of piety.

Sheen

The Pope Converts

By Mark D. Jordan | December 21, 2000

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

Torquemada

Torquemada

By Melvin Jules Bukiet | December 18, 2000

What if every prince or pope who ever stoned or burned the Chosen People had a party in your head?

Lutherans

The Ecumenical Monologues

By Randall Balmer | December 11, 2000

Call them disgruntled. Call them hysterical. Just don’t call them Episcopalians.

Jesus Gonna Strip You Naked

Jesus Gonna Strip You Naked

By Jeff Sharlet | November 13, 2000

“I had on the hot pants, I said I wuz for sale! But Jesus wasn’t buyin.”

Stained Glass

God’s Own Knowledge

By Jeff Sharlet | November 13, 2000

A theology of sex shops, movies, and nothingness may be the biggest thing to hit Christianity since Martin Luther.

Arches

Bent

By Peter Manseau | November 13, 2000

“Lecturing to a conference of American monastics, Dr. Luc Clement raises a femur above his head and waves it like a flashlight on a runway.”

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The Mucus

By Mary Valle | November 13, 2000

Catholics. Sex. Insert punchline here.