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In this, Part 7 of Mark Dery’s cultural critique-cum-“nonfiction novella” about a teenage Jesus Freak’s life-changing encounter with Ziggy Stardust, Dery considers the ancient, orgiastic, sometimes cannibalistic roots of all rock fandom—and, for that matter, Christianity.

In this sixth installment of Mark Dery’s cultural critique-cum-“nonfiction novella” about a born-again teen’s encounter with Ziggy Stardust, Dery traces the religious geneaology of Bowie’s spacefaring genderbender through Jesus to Orpheus (by way of Plato) and, ultimately, to Bacchus/Dionysus.

In this fifth installment of Mark Dery’s cultural critique-cum-“nonfiction novella” about a born-again teen’s transcendent encounter with Ziggy Stardust in the 1970s, our hero Accepts Bowie as His Personal Savior. Delving deep into Bowie’s religious cosmology, we encounter Tibetan Buddhism, Nietzchean existentialism, Crowleyite magick, dimestore occultism, Kabbalistic mysticism, and — mirabile dictu! — Christianity.

As Gingrich tells Southern Republicans Obama is “radical,” “secular,” and “socialist,” his friend David Barton was on Glenn Beck promoting the country’s “Judeo-Christian heritage.”

State legislators in California seek to repeal law requiring scientific research into “causes and cures of homosexuality.”

Saddleback Community College officials ignore religious diversity; lead Christian prayers at school events.

A bold new forum was recently organized to confront a persistent problem in Jewish-Christian relations in Jerusalem. But why are Ultra-Orthodox Jewish teens spitting on Christians in the first place?

At the same time as this year’s Soulforce Equality Ride hit the road carrying busloads of young adults to confront anti-gay school policies at campuses nationwide, the Oklahoma State Senate considered a bill that would have denied the legal protection of hate crimes law to victims of gay bashing. One step forward, two steps back.

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.

If Stevens retires and is replaced by a non-Protestant, it will be the first time in history that the court will have no Protestants on the bench. Can we discuss this in “polite company?”