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Vincent Gonzalez

Vincent Gonzalez received his PhD in Religious Studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He currently works with patients in mental health recovery, managing a group home and facilitating a therapeutic “Spiritual Sharing” group. Vincent also curates an index of religious video games at www.religiousgames.org.

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Religion Dispatches
Recent analyses of religion in the 99% Movement tend to begin with a focus simply on pluralism, asking how diverse forms of religious transcendence—particularly in justice-minded congregations—have aligned themselves with the still-growing wave of Occupations. But the intimacy of life in a park or along a sidewalk is causing traditions to do something more than “coexist” plurally. Religions are colluding and combining.
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Religion Dispatches
Penance, a new iPhone app, gathers its sacred power through agnosticism. While existent applications for socially-networked religion like Prayer Wall or Manistone facilitate shared reflection on sacred realities beyond the crowds they attract, Penance draws instead upon the growing faith that social networking can miraculously generate spiritual orientation, evading with sacrilegious humor where one expects guidance. Behold: crowdsourced Catholicism.
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