Collected News and Blogs

The Tin-Drum Progressive Boomers
FrontPage Magazine
And anyone who tries to stand athwart this locomotive of degradation is dismissed as a fascist square or a religious fanatic who wants to “turn back the clock” to the dark days of sexual oppression and repression. This cultural debasement was helped ...

Edmonton Journal
Simons: Bros with bombs - How did two young Canadians go from stealing ...
Edmonton Journal
Stephen Kent is a professor of sociology at the University of Alberta, who specializes in the study of religious cults, radical political movements, and the intersection between them. “There are frustrated men, who are unemployed or underemployed, who ...

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FAITH MATTERS
Savannah Morning News
Rincon MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will meet on Tuesday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the Memorial Chapel of First Baptist Church of Rincon. MOPS offers fellowship and encouragement to mothers of children ages birth through kindergarten.

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Renowned writer talks on zombies
suunews
She said the zombie craze puzzled her for awhile because zombies are weak, dumb and do not have religious significance; the opposite of vampires and werewolves. Atwood said at first she did not grasp the 'charm' of the zombies, so she investigated it ...

Gamersyndrome
Bioshock Infinite Review
Gamersyndrome
At some length, Infinite explores issues relating to religion such as theocratic government, fanatical zealotry, cult of personality, religious intolerance, et cetera. Before the game's release, I was a little dismayed upon reading that an unnamed ...
Game Guide: 'BioShock Infinite' crafts exhilarating experienceBattle Creek Enquirer
Review: 'BioShock Infinite' a magical adventureSan Jose Mercury News
The 'Bioshock' Freak-OutThe American Conservative (blog)
PS3Center.net
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Edmonton Journal
Simons: Bros with bombs - How did two young Canadians go from stealing ...
Edmonton Journal
Stephen Kent is a professor of sociology at the University of Alberta, who specializes in the study of religious cults, radical political movements, and the intersection between them. “There are frustrated men, who are unemployed or underemployed, who ...

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Simons: Bros with bombs - How did two young Canadians go from stealing ...
Edmonton Journal
Stephen Kent is a professor of sociology at the University of Alberta, who specializes in the study of religious cults, radical political movements, and the intersection between them. “There are frustrated men, who are unemployed or underemployed, who ...

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Survivor Caramoan Recap: Punched In The Face!
SheKnows.com
Green handkerchiefs are doled out and the merged tribe decides on the name Enil Edam - which is Madeline, Malcolm's mom's name, spelled backwards. Phillip wastes no time in pulling blondie Andrea into the bush and whispering stuff about thinking like ...

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Betrayed by the New Jerusalem
New Zealand Listener
Ayana Mathis's impressive first novel, The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, is beautifully written, emotionally powerful and utterly heartbreaking. Pregnant and newly married, 17-year-old Hattie Shepherd is one of the six million black Americans who made up ...

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PR Web (press release)
Russian Drug-Free World Bicycling Tour Arrives in Church of Scientology ...
PR Web (press release)
The Church of Scientology of Pasadena is hosting the cyclists during their visit in Pasadena. “The world of drugs and their devastating effect knows no political, religious or cultural boundaries,” said Eden Stein, President of the Church of ...

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Erodgan's 'Brave New Turkey' Looks to Past and Future
Al-Monitor
With nationalism in retreat as the state-endorsed mechanism for forging social unity, religion will play a more pronounced role as a source of unifying identity and the prime mover of popular sentiments in Turkey. ... In the end, given the personality ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
Game Guide: 'BioShock Infinite' crafts exhilarating experience
Battle Creek Enquirer
Like in the first “BioShock,” this sequel is a careful satire of the idea of creating a safe haven for like-thinking individuals in a cult-like compound. Religious images are subtly replaced by the image of the city's founder and his wife. Moreover ...
'BioShock Infinite' Review: Across The Multiverse (PC)Forbes
PCN Review: BioShock InfinitePS3Center.net
BioShock Infinite ReviewGaming Union

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AYANA MATHIS with Jenine Holmes
Brooklyn Rail
Ayana Mathis's debut novel The Twelve Tribes of Hattie has received a lot of warm and well-deserved attention since its release in the winter of 2012. The story of Hattie and her offspring unfolds under the narrative of the African-American Migration ...

Community Calendar for Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Greensboro News & Record
ShepNet Computer Center for Seniors, managed by Shepherd's Center volunteers, small classes on 12 topics, low cost, for people age 50+. ..... April 14: Second Sunday Nature Walk, Guilford County Open Space Nature Program, Hines Chapel Preserve.

David Stockman and the Cult of Gloom
The Atlantic
Today's jeremiads are decidedly more secular - though you can still hear religious ones in churches and temples scattered through the land. But the ones that grab the public's imagination are now economic rather than religious, warning of collapse ...

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Sydney Morning Herald
'BioShock Infinite' Review: Across The Multiverse (PC)
Forbes
It's a world of old-time religion and dark secrets, of towering edifices and galling poverty. Of course, the mystery goes deeper than a flying city and its strange cult. It is peculiar to see people praying before statues of Benjamin Franklin and ...
PCN Review: BioShock InfinitePS3Center.net
BioShock Infinite ReviewGaming Union

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The Guardian (blog)
Sam Harris, the New Atheists, and anti-Muslim animus
The Guardian (blog)
In his 2005 "End of Faith", he claimed that "Islam, more than any other religion human beings have devised, has all the makings of a thoroughgoing cult of death." This is not a critique of religion generally; it is a relentless effort to depict Islam ...
Unholy war: Atheists and the politics of Muslim-baitingFirstpost

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"The Mindy Project" - My Cool Christian Boyfriend episode review
Blast
Taking on Big Topics like religion in comedy can get iffy sometimes—jokes don't always land on the intended side of the offensive/inoffensive borderline—but all told, I thought the subject was handled nicely in this episode. Danny being his usual ...

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Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Kirstie Alley Says Mentally Ill People Are Slaves To Medicine – Scientology ...
Celebrity Dirty Laundry
Oh how I love when any Scientologist decides to take issue with any type of psychiatric medication. The quotes and commentary are usually ridiculous and this time around it's Kirstie Alley that needs a muzzle. Before we totally go here, I will say that ...

The Guardian
Even after his death, Venezuelans are still putting their faith in Hugo Chávez
The Guardian
The stalls along the Callejón de los Santeros are an emporium of religious knick-knacks, offering everything from votive candles and good-luck Buddhas to magic soaps that wash away curses. But in recent weeks the most sought-after article in this ...