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Michael J. Altman

Michael J. Altman is professor of religious studies at the University of Alabama. He is currently writing a new book, Wrestling with Religion: Working Theories of Culture. 

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Religion Dispatches

The Week in Religion, Poetically:

Bomb threat in Lourdes; How to play football during Ramadan; Madonna of the bikers; booty-enhancement by new religious magic.
Michael J. Altman
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Religion Dispatches

Week in Religion, Sunday Edition

Strippers and Churchgoers at odds, Rand Paul and Aqua Buddha, Tim Tebow and his monk’s hairdo.
Michael J. Altman
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Religion Dispatches

The Week in Religion, Poetically

Internet as mission field; fighting demons in Georgia; Protestant puppets; Jews wearing burqas; Katy Perry’s Pentecostal roots
Michael J. Altman
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