a review of religion and media
Nora Connor: In Poland, the Bhagavad Gita is now available in translation directly from Sanskrit to Polish, thanks to a “late-blooming” student’s doctoral dissertation. In Russia, an appeals court declines to ban the Gita as “extremist” religious literature. In time for Passover, check out the New American Haggadah, translated by Nathan Englander and edited by Jonathan Safran Foer… Continue Reading →
Paul Rauschenbush, religion editor at Huffington Post, announced a new series that will highlight scriptural commentary:
One of the most effective forms of prayer and meditation comes through reflection upon scripture — and while reading scripture on our own is edifying, it is even better to approach scripture together with a group to learn from the ways in which others understand the same passage. Likewise, it is enlightening to listen to or read the reflections of religious leaders who have thought about the deep meaning of a passage of scripture. To that end, Huffington Post Religion is starting a scripture commentary series that will bring together leading voices from different religious traditions to offer their wisdom on selected religious passages. Next month we will have Muslim commentaries for Ramadan, and in September Jewish commentaries for the High Holidays. This week we are starting with commentaries on the Gospel by Rev. Jim Wallis, Dr. Serene Jones, Dr. Emilie Townes, Sister Joan Chittister, and Rev. James Martin, S.J.
“It is easy to think of Vatican II, which convened during Armstrong’s convent years, as a switch that was flipped: one day, the Roman Catholic church was full of Latin, Continue Reading →
“It is easy to think of Vatican II, which convened during Armstrong’s convent years, as a switch that was flipped: one day, the Roman Catholic church was full of Latin, Continue Reading →
“Junior used to say he liked to live in hotels because he was a son of Englishmen. When he said ‘Englishmen,’ he thought of the English who came in the Continue Reading →
In honor of Glorious Appearing, the 12th installment of the mega-best-selling Left Behind series, a true tale of the apocalypse from Revealer editor Jeff Sharlet: The Apocalypse is Always Now (But Don’t Tell Joan Didion).
At Eichler’s bookstore in Flatbush (that’s in Brooklyn, folks), Marc Shapiro‘s new book has been flying off the shelves; at Eichler’s bookstore (unrelated) in Borough Park (Brooklyn, again), it’s been banned. Continue Reading →
Sometimes an ice storm is just an ice storm; but sometimes, as in Barbara Nicolosi‘s exegesis of Ang Lee‘s film of Rick Moody‘s novel The Ice Storm, it’s a metaphor for everything wrong with the sexual Continue Reading →
Sometimes an ice storm is just an ice storm; but sometimes, as in Barbara Nicolosi‘s exegesis of Ang Lee‘s film of Rick Moody‘s novel The Ice Storm, it’s a metaphor for everything wrong with the sexual Continue Reading →
The McSweeney’s gang has graced us with the publication of William T. Vollman‘s seven-volume exploration of violence, Rising Up, Rising Down; one is tempted to see it as something of a prank. But Scott McLemee, Continue Reading →