https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to shroud of turin en https://religiondispatches.org/2014/02/26/latest-shroud-turin-theory-nuclear-emissions Never mind the bollocks, shroudies push on. Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:40:35 EST Brook Wilensky-Lanford d7d22aed-0bad-4b74-aaa8-b6f466b4607e https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/18/trouble-harry-potter-religious-conservatives-do-have-something-fear Harry Potter’s world would be more familiar to a scientist than to a mystic. Yes, it includes goblins, charms, and curses; but these are all basically explicable according to their own internal logic. Yet there isn’t anything that transcends human knowledge. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:32:11 EDT Jay Michaelson 310237f1-5c2a-4961-b5f0-d99669040a51 https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/21/leper-messiah-jesus-freaks-search-meaning-bowie-critical-novella In this special series Dery uses his spiritual crisis, as a born-again teen torn between his conservative faith and his obsession with David Bowie, to explore the historical connections linking religious zealotry and rabid fandom. Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:26:04 EDT Mark Dery 8875a36d-93a1-4d4d-a756-86e957363cac https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/16/transfiguration-fanboy-how-i-lost-one-leper-messiah-and-gained-another-conclusion In the eighth and final installation of Mark Dery’s “critical novella” about a ’70s Jesus Freak who switches saviors (from J.C. to Ziggy), the author connects the dots between his devout Bowiephilia and what theologians call kenosis—the emptying out of the self to make room for the indwelling spirit of god. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:21:31 EDT Mark Dery 21d51aea-eabb-42d0-98d2-d8d16236c61b https://religiondispatches.org/2010/04/07/jesus-3d-shroud-turin-meets-21st-century A History Channel documentary purports to reveal “the real face of Jesus” through the same technology that brought us Avatar’s big blue aliens. But the 3D rendering of the Shroud of Turin is only the latest big-ticket appearance of one of history’s most famous relics. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:54:06 EDT Peter Manseau 97a7ad42-4990-4c25-a2aa-d49ae61bce1c