Tag: Religious
Satanic Humor and Religious Horror — The Revealer
(Scene of Maika Monroe in Longlegs) When Longlegs, the Satanic horror thriller from writer-director Osgood Perkins, arrived in…
Love and (Religious) Work in Netflix’s “Nobody Wants This” — The Revealer
(Scene from Netflix’s Nobody Wants This) When the trailer arrived for Netflix’s series Nobody Wants This, I rolled…
Winning the Religious Marketplace — The Revealer
(Image source: Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Getty) Back in the pre-pandemic days of 2018-2019 when I lived in Lusaka,…
Brooklyn church has religious statues vandalized by hammer-wielding suspect
An individual wielding a hammer was apprehended for damaging statues of Mother Teresa and a Catholic pope outside…
Higher Education’s Downsizing of Religious Studies — The Revealer
Dear Revealer readers, Since 2020 I have been informally tracking the number of colleges and universities that have…
Queer and Religious in the Midwest — The Revealer
(We Live Here: The Midwest promotional poster. Image source: Hulu) “I desperately miss the church,” Des Moines resident…
Sadeh Festival Bridges Cultural and Religious Diversity
Iran’s Zoroastrian community celebrated the ancient festival of Sadeh by lighting fires in various cities across the country.…
Contemporary Christian Music’s Political and Religious Messages — The Revealer
What are the religious and political messages the massive Contemporary Christian Music industry broadcasts? Leah Payne, author of…
Gay Republicans’ Message to Religious Americans — The Revealer
(Image source: Illustration by Texas Monthly; MAGA logo: Mark Wilson, Getty; hat: Getty) A few days after the…