One last update from the Gaza Freedom March in December… I started this blog because The Journal Star so rarely covered Pagan stories in their weekly “Faith & Values” feature–even though Peoria Area Pagans outnumbered local Buddhists and Baha’i, who regularly saw print about their religions. In the last year many major newspapers have slashed [...]
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Filed under: Pagan Values, Starhawk
While recounting my recent foray into the mindsets of Christian Fundamentalism, I did not mention Way of Life Literature‘s “Beware of Science Fiction.” According to the blog, “Science fiction takes the reader into a strange world without God. Oh, there might be ‘a god,’ a ‘force,’ but it is definitely not the God of the [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Pagan Values, Wheel of the Year
I have been immersed in Christian fundamentalism for the last few week, and, Goddess, do I need a bath! I borrowed from the library Jeff Sharlet’s best-selling book, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power. What a horror story! Sharlet takes us through the history of American Fundamentalism, starting with Jonathan [...]
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Filed under: Bookshelf, Christians, Politics