Again on Colorlines (I’m really happy to have discovered that site), Thoi Lu discusses black male feminism: In light of […]
Chick-fil-A, follow-up, LGBT
Follow-up: Jesus Chicken edition
I wrote before about how the conservative Christian-affiliated chicken chain Chik-Fil-A has received some very negative feedback about their contributions […]
atheism, news, religion, skepticism, study
Religion going extinct? I doubt it.
The BBC reports on a paper recently presented at the American Physical Society meeting here in Dallas which makes claims about […]
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Update
I submitted a version of my “Helping vs. blaming in Japan” post to State of Formation, modified to include more […]
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Making sense of tragedy: was the earthquake a “divine punishment”?
Cross-posted from State of Formation. Over at Religion Dispatches Levi McLaughlin, a professor of religion who specializes in East Asian traditions, writes […]
freedom of speech, hate, racism
Again…tragedy + internet = outrage and nastiness.
A few days ago a UCLA student named Alexandra Wallace posted this charming racist rant about Asians in her university […]
religion
Helping vs. blaming in Japan
Over at Religion Dispatches Levi McLaughlin, a professor of religion who specializes in East Asian traditions, writes about Tokyo’s governor […]
religion, skepticism
An observation
The video of TamTamPamela thanking God for the Japanese earthquake was all over the web yesterday. I’m kind of disappointed […]
atheism, Christianity
Real-life trolls, part 2
The girl who made a Youtube video glorying in Japan’s earthquake, saying that it was God giving the country a […]
atheism, religion, skepticism
TAM 9 speakers
The Amazing Meeting has announced its list of speakers for this year, its ninth meeting. There are a lot of […]