Alas, this space is likely to become even more neglected than it already is, as I've been invited to join the stable of bloggers at the newly revamped http://blog.burningman.com. As much of my general religion geekery tends to revolve around the topics introduced in my first post there anyhow, I'm seeing it as a new forum in which to explore a lot ( Read more... )

From an interview with Asra Nomani on Reconciling faith, feminism, and Islam

Now that you're on your own, do you expect that you will go back to a mosque at some point? And can you really be a Muslim without joining a mosque, without a having a community ( Read more... )

A friend alerts me to this: Scandinavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists

Two comments:

Well documented though they may be, these two sets of facts run up against the assumption of many Americans that a society where religion is minimal would be, in Mr. Zuckerman's words, "rampant with immorality, full of evil and teeming with depravity ( Read more... )

I wanted to post this months ago, but was snowed under at the time. But today, as I poke about for various bits & pieces I might want to use in my upcoming job-talk, I dug it up again:

Walter Brueggemann on Rev. Billy

"Rev. Billy is a faithful prophetic figure who stands in direct continuity with ancient prophets in Israel and in continuity ( Read more... )

when does a virtual/parody "religion" becomes a flesh & blood "movement?"

( a long and layered story about gothic cathedrals, jewish ritual, and media reflexivity )

At the moment, I'm up to my elbows in potential textbooks for the fall semester. But, speaking of The Visionary State, Erik Davis has recently put up the essay he wrote for us in AfterBurn up on his newly revamped websiteAlso, I thought of mentioning this some months back, but presumed that most of the potentially interested regulars here would ( Read more... )

Time to clear out a number of topics I've been thinking about posting here for the past couple months, but never quite got around to.

For example, I had intended to post about Anne Rice (yes, that Anne Rice) and N.T. Wright (yes, that N.T. Wright) at Grace Cathedral. (appearing together in the Forum I used to help produce ( Read more... )