Tag: Religion
‘Only death can protect us’: How the folk saint La Santa...
Myriam Lamrani, Harvard University
When a life-size skeleton dressed like the Grim Reaper first appeared on a street altar...
Charlie Kirk and the making of an AI-generated martyr
Art Jipson, University of Dayton
An AI-generated image of Charlie Kirk embracing Jesus. Another of Kirk posing with angel...
Active Clubs are white supremacy’s new, dangerous frontier
Art Jipson, University of Dayton
Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally,...
Why the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter
Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida
The most serious allegations against Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick to head the...
A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts
Brandon Dean, University of Iowa
The TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly...
Louisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in...
Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University
When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to...
Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to...
Dusty Hoesly, University of California, Santa Barbara
Wedding season is here again, and my calendar is filling up –...
Sunzi, ‘shì’ and strategy: How to read ‘Art of War’ the...
Scott D. McDonald, Tufts University
In the mid-1990s, I picked up the military classic “Art of War” hoping to...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
