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Princess of the Underground

An oil heiress first finds art, then whirls into a Sufi space beyond religions.

"Burning Man 2009" by Mindaugas Danys, via Flickr.

Castles Made of Sand

Some pointed questions about Burning Man for Steven T. Jones.

Still from "Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then."

Falling Up

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

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Isaiah

Prophesying in the borderlands.

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Questioning Kinkade’s Karacter

The saga of discussion about Nicholas Laccetti’s “Let There Be (the Painter of) Light™“ continues. Davis Woods-Morse from Portland writes: You wrote a blog post about Thomas Kinkade in 2011…

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Let There Be (the Painter of) Light™

Doubting Thomas Kinkade.

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Frequencies: A Call for Artworks

We here at Killing the Buddha are really excited to announce our collaboration with the The Immanent Frame (at the Social Science Research Council) on a new project: Frequencies—”a genealogy…

"Christus Statue in Visitors Center on Temple Square" by benmckune, via Flickr.

Jesus in Space

Mormon astronauts: take me with you!

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Wikileaks Samba

A new video from KtB friends Alyce Santoro and Julian Mock, of Sonic Disobedience.

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Porn for Plants and God

Yesterday, KtB editor Meera Subramanian had a piece over at Religion Dispatches about San Francisco Jonathon Keats. One man from San Francisco is … targeting priest, scientist, and artist in…

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There Were No Ants on Golgotha!

A powerful essay in the Washington Post against the Catholic League’s already successful effort to swing the cross of Christ-crucified at the self-expression of his beloved: Today, after a few…

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Holy Mother of Bathsheets & the Clothesline Revival

KtB friend Alyce Santoro is at it again, with the simple wisdom of her ongoing Clothesline Revival: harness the advanced, clean, nuclear technology of the sun! This time, she’s taking…

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Show Nothing

What’s your take on nothing? The Rubin Museum of Art, (Remember? KtB collaborated with them this past summer in our “Remember That You Will Die” essay contest),wants to know. As part of…

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Sukkah City

Looking up through kosher structures.

White skinned male mannequin, lighted from the right side of the image, sitting behind a large shop window. It has strong features, colorful eyes and plastic hair. Behind it there are two other models, another white one and a female mannequin with shiny black hair.

The Reconciliation of Unbelief

A story within the AIDS story.

Photo by CS Muncy.

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“People were getting auctioned up on stage but I didn’t see anything I wanted nor did I think I should be for sale.”

Michael Jackson

American Jesus: Glam for God

After feasting on Andy Warhol’s rendition of the Last Supper at the Brooklyn Museum, I attended the opening of David LaChapelle’s American Jesus with some anticipation. After all, this noted…

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Clothesline Revival